#E1C855#E1C855

#E1C855 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.580; OKLCH L 83.2% C 0.136 H 97.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E1C855
RGB	rgb(225, 200, 85)
HSL	hsl(49, 70%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(49, 62%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.1%, 62.2%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.72, -4.48, 59.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.72, 59.30, 94.33°)
OKLab	oklab(83.23% -0.0167 0.1352)
OKLCH	oklch(83.23% 0.136 97)
XYZ	xyz(53.3476, 57.9745, 16.9728)
Luminance	0.5797 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E1C855 #556EE1

analogous

#E18255 #E1C855 #B4E155

triadic

#E1C855 #55E1C8 #C855E1

tetradic

#E1C855 #55E182 #556EE1 #E155B4

square

#E1C855 #55E182 #556EE1 #E155B4

split-complementary

#E1C855 #55B4E1 #8255E1

monochromatic

#9F881C #D3B425 #E1C855 #EAD989 #F3EABD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#E1C855 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.59

#E1C855 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E1C855

12.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E1C855	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E1C855	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)

#DAC448

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CC5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F2BAAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e1c855;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 200, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.2% 0.136 97.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eed889',
    500: '#e1c855',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e1c855;
$custom-light: #eed889;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e1c855",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.286,
    "s": 70,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83234,
    "c": 0.13625,
    "h": 97
  },
  "luminance": 0.57972
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E1C855

secondary

#384BA3

accent

#36D214

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E1C855

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

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