#E1C851#E1C851

#E1C851 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.579; OKLCH L 83.2% C 0.139 H 97.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E1C851
RGB	rgb(225, 200, 81)
HSL	hsl(50, 71%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(50, 64%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.1%, 64%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.69, -4.73, 60.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.69, 61.00, 94.44°)
OKLab	oklab(83.2% -0.0179 0.1382)
OKLCH	oklch(83.2% 0.139 97.4)
XYZ	xyz(53.1932, 57.9127, 16.1594)
Luminance	0.5791 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E1C851 #516AE1

analogous

#E18051 #E1C851 #B2E151

triadic

#E1C851 #51E1C8 #C851E1

tetradic

#E1C851 #51E180 #516AE1 #E151B2

square

#E1C851 #51E180 #516AE1 #E151B2

split-complementary

#E1C851 #51B2E1 #8051E1

monochromatic

#9D861B #D1B324 #E1C851 #EAD885 #F3E9B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#E1C851 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.58

#E1C851 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E1C851

12.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E1C851	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E1C851	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)

#DBC343

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CC57

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F2BAAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e1c851;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 200, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.2% 0.139 97.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eed887',
    500: '#e1c851',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e1c851;
$custom-light: #eed887;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e1c851",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.583,
    "s": 70.588,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83196,
    "c": 0.13939,
    "h": 97.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.5791
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E1C851

secondary

#3649A0

accent

#5AED3A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF3

border

#D6D4CD

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E1C851

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

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