#E1C85C#E1C85C

#E1C85C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.581; OKLCH L 83.3% C 0.130 H 96.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E1C85C
RGB	rgb(225, 200, 92)
HSL	hsl(49, 69%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(49, 59%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.1%, 59.1%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.79, -4.00, 56.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.79, 56.23, 94.08°)
OKLab	oklab(83.31% -0.0145 0.1297)
OKLCH	oklch(83.31% 0.13 96.4)
XYZ	xyz(53.6396, 58.0913, 18.5105)
Luminance	0.5809 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E1C85C #5C75E1

analogous

#E1865C #E1C85C #B7E15C

triadic

#E1C85C #5CE1C8 #C85CE1

tetradic

#E1C85C #5CE186 #5C75E1 #E15CB7

square

#E1C85C #5CE186 #5C75E1 #E15CB7

split-complementary

#E1C85C #5CB7E1 #865CE1

monochromatic

#A48B1E #D7B728 #E1C85C #EBD990 #F4EBC3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#E1C85C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.62

#E1C85C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E1C85C

12.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E1C85C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E1C85C	1.00	1.66	12.62	12.62
#FFFFFF	1.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAC451

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CC61

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F1BBB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e1c85c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 200, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.3% 0.130 96.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edd88e',
    500: '#e1c85c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e1c85c;
$custom-light: #edd88e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e1c85c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.722,
    "s": 68.912,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83306,
    "c": 0.13047,
    "h": 96.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.58089
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E1C85C

secondary

#3A4FA7

accent

#38D115

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E1C85C

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

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