#E1C850#E1C850

#E1C850 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.579; OKLCH L 83.2% C 0.140 H 97.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E1C850
RGB	rgb(225, 200, 80)
HSL	hsl(50, 71%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(50, 64%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.1%, 64.4%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.68, -4.79, 61.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.68, 61.42, 94.47°)
OKLab	oklab(83.19% -0.0181 0.139)
OKLCH	oklch(83.19% 0.14 97.4)
XYZ	xyz(53.1559, 57.8978, 15.9634)
Luminance	0.5789 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E1C850 #5069E1

analogous

#E17F50 #E1C850 #B2E150

triadic

#E1C850 #50E1C8 #C850E1

tetradic

#E1C850 #50E17F #5069E1 #E150B2

square

#E1C850 #50E17F #5069E1 #E150B2

split-complementary

#E1C850 #50B2E1 #7F50E1

monochromatic

#9C861B #D0B224 #E1C850 #EAD884 #F3E9B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#E1C850 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.58

#E1C850 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E1C850

12.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E1C850	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E1C850	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)

#DBC342

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CC56

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F2BAAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e1c850;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 200, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.2% 0.140 97.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eed886',
    500: '#e1c850',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e1c850;
$custom-light: #eed886;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e1c850",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.655,
    "s": 70.732,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83186,
    "c": 0.14015,
    "h": 97.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.57895
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E1C850

secondary

#36489F

accent

#59ED3A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF3

border

#D6D4CD

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E1C850

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

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