#E1C84E#E1C84E

#E1C84E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.579; OKLCH L 83.2% C 0.142 H 97.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E1C84E
RGB	rgb(225, 200, 78)
HSL	hsl(50, 71%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(50, 65%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.1%, 65.3%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.67, -4.90, 62.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.67, 62.25, 94.52°)
OKLab	oklab(83.17% -0.0187 0.1404)
OKLCH	oklch(83.17% 0.142 97.6)
XYZ	xyz(53.0831, 57.8687, 15.5800)
Luminance	0.5787 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E1C84E #4E67E1

analogous

#E17F4E #E1C84E #B1E14E

triadic

#E1C84E #4EE1C8 #C84EE1

tetradic

#E1C84E #4EE17F #4E67E1 #E14EB1

square

#E1C84E #4EE17F #4E67E1 #E14EB1

split-complementary

#E1C84E #4EB1E1 #7F4EE1

monochromatic

#9A851A #CFB223 #E1C84E #EAD882 #F3E9B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#E1C84E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.57

#E1C84E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E1C84E

12.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E1C84E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E1C84E	1.00	1.67	12.57	12.57
#FFFFFF	1.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBC33F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CC54

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F2BAAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e1c84e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 200, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.2% 0.142 97.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eed885',
    500: '#e1c84e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e1c84e;
$custom-light: #eed885;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e1c84e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.796,
    "s": 71.014,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83168,
    "c": 0.14165,
    "h": 97.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.57866
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E1C84E

secondary

#35479E

accent

#59EE3A

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E1C84E

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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