#E1C853#E1C853

#E1C853 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.579; OKLCH L 83.2% C 0.138 H 97.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E1C853
RGB	rgb(225, 200, 83)
HSL	hsl(49, 70%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(49, 63%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.1%, 63.1%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.71, -4.60, 59.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.71, 60.16, 94.39°)
OKLab	oklab(83.21% -0.0173 0.1368)
OKLCH	oklch(83.21% 0.138 97.2)
XYZ	xyz(53.2693, 57.9431, 16.5602)
Luminance	0.5794 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E1C853 #536CE1

analogous

#E18153 #E1C853 #B3E153

triadic

#E1C853 #53E1C8 #C853E1

tetradic

#E1C853 #53E181 #536CE1 #E153B3

square

#E1C853 #53E181 #536CE1 #E153B3

split-complementary

#E1C853 #53B3E1 #8153E1

monochromatic

#9E871C #D2B425 #E1C853 #EAD987 #F3E9BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#E1C853 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.59

#E1C853 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E1C853

12.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E1C853	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E1C853	1.00	1.67	12.59	12.59
#FFFFFF	1.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBC445

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CC59

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F2BAAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e1c853;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 200, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.2% 0.138 97.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eed888',
    500: '#e1c853',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e1c853;
$custom-light: #eed888;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e1c853",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.437,
    "s": 70.297,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83214,
    "c": 0.13784,
    "h": 97.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.57941
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E1C853

secondary

#374AA1

accent

#35D213

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E1C853

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

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