#E1C84F#E1C84F

#E1C84F is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.579; OKLCH L 83.2% C 0.141 H 97.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E1C84F
RGB	rgb(225, 200, 79)
HSL	hsl(50, 71%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(50, 65%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.1%, 64.9%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.67, -4.85, 61.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.67, 61.84, 94.49°)
OKLab	oklab(83.18% -0.0184 0.1397)
OKLCH	oklch(83.18% 0.141 97.5)
XYZ	xyz(53.1193, 57.8832, 15.7702)
Luminance	0.5788 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E1C84F #4F68E1

analogous

#E17F4F #E1C84F #B1E14F

triadic

#E1C84F #4FE1C8 #C84FE1

tetradic

#E1C84F #4FE17F #4F68E1 #E14FB1

square

#E1C84F #4FE17F #4F68E1 #E14FB1

split-complementary

#E1C84F #4FB1E1 #7F4FE1

monochromatic

#9B851A #CFB223 #E1C84F #EAD883 #F3E9B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#E1C84F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.58

#E1C84F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E1C84F

12.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E1C84F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E1C84F	1.00	1.67	12.58	12.58
#FFFFFF	1.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBC340

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CC55

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F2BAAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e1c84f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 200, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.2% 0.141 97.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eed886',
    500: '#e1c84f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e1c84f;
$custom-light: #eed886;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e1c84f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.726,
    "s": 70.874,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83177,
    "c": 0.1409,
    "h": 97.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.57881
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E1C84F

secondary

#35479F

accent

#59EE3A

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E1C84F

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

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