#E1C85E#E1C85E

#E1C85E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.581; OKLCH L 83.3% C 0.129 H 96.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E1C85E
RGB	rgb(225, 200, 94)
HSL	hsl(49, 69%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(49, 58%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.1%, 58.2%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.81, -3.86, 55.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.81, 55.33, 94.00°)
OKLab	oklab(83.33% -0.0139 0.128)
OKLCH	oklch(83.33% 0.129 96.2)
XYZ	xyz(53.7282, 58.1267, 18.9770)
Luminance	0.5812 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E1C85E #5E77E1

analogous

#E1875E #E1C85E #B8E15E

triadic

#E1C85E #5EE1C8 #C85EE1

tetradic

#E1C85E #5EE187 #5E77E1 #E15EB8

square

#E1C85E #5EE187 #5E77E1 #E15EB8

split-complementary

#E1C85E #5EB8E1 #875EE1

monochromatic

#A68C1F #D7B62A #E1C85E #EBDA92 #F4EBC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#E1C85E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.62

#E1C85E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E1C85E

12.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E1C85E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E1C85E	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)

#DAC453

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CC63

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F1BBB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e1c85e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 200, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.3% 0.129 96.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edd88f',
    500: '#e1c85e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e1c85e;
$custom-light: #edd88f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e1c85e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.55,
    "s": 68.586,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83328,
    "c": 0.12874,
    "h": 96.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.58124
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E1C85E

secondary

#3B50A8

accent

#39D115

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E1C85E

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

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