#E1C85A#E1C85A

#E1C85A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.581; OKLCH L 83.3% C 0.132 H 96.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E1C85A
RGB	rgb(225, 200, 90)
HSL	hsl(49, 69%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(49, 60%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.1%, 60%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.77, -4.14, 56.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.77, 57.12, 94.16°)
OKLab	oklab(83.29% -0.0151 0.1313)
OKLCH	oklch(83.29% 0.132 96.6)
XYZ	xyz(53.5533, 58.0568, 18.0561)
Luminance	0.5805 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E1C85A #5A73E1

analogous

#E1855A #E1C85A #B7E15A

triadic

#E1C85A #5AE1C8 #C85AE1

tetradic

#E1C85A #5AE185 #5A73E1 #E15AB7

square

#E1C85A #5AE185 #5A73E1 #E15AB7

split-complementary

#E1C85A #5AB7E1 #855AE1

monochromatic

#A38A1E #D7B627 #E1C85A #EAD98E #F4EBC2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#E1C85A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.61

#E1C85A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E1C85A

12.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E1C85A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E1C85A	1.00	1.67	12.61	12.61
#FFFFFF	1.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAC44E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CC5F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F1BAB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e1c85a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 200, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.3% 0.132 96.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edd88c',
    500: '#e1c85a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e1c85a;
$custom-light: #edd88c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e1c85a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.889,
    "s": 69.231,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83285,
    "c": 0.13216,
    "h": 96.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.58054
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E1C85A

secondary

#3A4EA6

accent

#37D114

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E1C85A

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

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