#E1C94A#E1C94A

#E1C94A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.583; OKLCH L 83.3% C 0.145 H 98.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#E1C94A
RGBrgb(225, 201, 74)
HSLhsl(50, 72%, 59%)
HSVhsv(50, 67%, 88%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 10.7%, 67.1%, 11.8%)
CIE-LABlab(80.89, -5.64, 63.94)
CIE-LCHlch(80.89, 64.18, 95.04°)
OKLaboklab(83.34% -0.0213 0.1438)
OKLCHoklch(83.34% 0.145 98.4)
XYZxyz(53.1764, 58.2778, 14.9250)
Luminance0.5827 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#E1C94A #4A62E1
analogous
#E17D4A #E1C94A #ADE14A
triadic
#E1C94A #4AE1C9 #C94AE1
tetradic
#E1C94A #4AE17D #4A62E1 #E14AAD
square
#E1C94A #4AE17D #4A62E1 #E14AAD
split-complementary
#E1C94A #4AADE1 #7D4AE1
monochromatic
#978319 #CCB122 #E1C94A #EAD97E #F2E8B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66
#E1C94A on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.66
#E1C94A on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E1C94A
12.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##E1C94A#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##E1C94A1.001.6612.6612.66
#FFFFFF1.661.0021.0021.00
#00000012.6621.001.001.00
##00000012.6621.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#DCC439
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#E2CC51
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F2BBAF
Achromatopsia (no color)
#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #e1c94a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 201, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.3% 0.145 98.4);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eed983',
    500: '#e1c94a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #e1c94a;
$custom-light: #eed983;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#e1c94a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.464,
    "s": 71.564,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83339,
    "c": 0.14532,
    "h": 98.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.58275
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#E1C94A
secondary
#34449B
accent
#56EE39
background
#FFFEFB
surface
#FEFBF2
border
#D6D4CC
text
#17140B
muted
#85837E

Preview Lab

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#E1C94A Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva