#E1C857#E1C857

#E1C857 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.580; OKLCH L 83.3% C 0.135 H 96.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E1C857
RGB	rgb(225, 200, 87)
HSL	hsl(49, 70%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(49, 61%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.1%, 61.3%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.74, -4.34, 58.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.74, 58.43, 94.26°)
OKLab	oklab(83.25% -0.0161 0.1337)
OKLCH	oklch(83.25% 0.135 96.9)
XYZ	xyz(53.4282, 58.0067, 17.3971)
Luminance	0.5800 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E1C857 #5770E1

analogous

#E18357 #E1C857 #B5E157

triadic

#E1C857 #57E1C8 #C857E1

tetradic

#E1C857 #57E183 #5770E1 #E157B5

square

#E1C857 #57E183 #5770E1 #E157B5

split-complementary

#E1C857 #57B5E1 #8357E1

monochromatic

#A1891D #D5B526 #E1C857 #EAD98B #F4EABF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#E1C857 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.60

#E1C857 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E1C857

12.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E1C857	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E1C857	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)

#DAC44B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CC5D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F2BAB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e1c857;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 200, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.3% 0.135 96.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edd88b',
    500: '#e1c857',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e1c857;
$custom-light: #edd88b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e1c857",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.13,
    "s": 69.697,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83254,
    "c": 0.13464,
    "h": 96.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.58004
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E1C857

secondary

#384CA4

accent

#36D214

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E1C857

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

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