#E1C856#E1C856

#E1C856 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.580; OKLCH L 83.2% C 0.135 H 96.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E1C856
RGB	rgb(225, 200, 86)
HSL	hsl(49, 70%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(49, 62%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.1%, 61.8%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.73, -4.41, 58.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.73, 58.87, 94.30°)
OKLab	oklab(83.24% -0.0164 0.1345)
OKLCH	oklch(83.24% 0.135 96.9)
XYZ	xyz(53.3876, 57.9905, 17.1835)
Luminance	0.5799 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E1C856 #566FE1

analogous

#E18256 #E1C856 #B4E156

triadic

#E1C856 #56E1C8 #C856E1

tetradic

#E1C856 #56E182 #566FE1 #E156B4

square

#E1C856 #56E182 #566FE1 #E156B4

split-complementary

#E1C856 #56B4E1 #8256E1

monochromatic

#A0881C #D4B526 #E1C856 #EAD98A #F3EABE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#E1C856 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.60

#E1C856 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E1C856

12.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E1C856	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E1C856	1.00	1.67	12.60	12.60
#FFFFFF	1.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAC449

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CC5C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F2BAAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e1c856;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 200, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.2% 0.135 96.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eed88a',
    500: '#e1c856',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e1c856;
$custom-light: #eed88a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e1c856",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.209,
    "s": 69.849,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83244,
    "c": 0.13545,
    "h": 96.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.57988
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E1C856

secondary

#384BA3

accent

#36D214

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E1C856

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

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