#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
RGB	rgb(225, 201, 74)
HSL	hsl(50, 72%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(50, 67%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.7%, 67.1%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.89, -5.64, 63.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.89, 64.18, 95.04°)
OKLab	oklab(83.34% -0.0213 0.1438)
OKLCH	oklch(83.34% 0.145 98.4)
XYZ	xyz(53.1764, 58.2778, 14.9250)
Luminance	0.5827 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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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
##E1C94A	1.00	1.66	12.66	12.66
#FFFFFF	1.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #E1C94A

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

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