#E1C94C#E1C94C

#E1C94C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.583; OKLCH L 83.4% C 0.144 H 98.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E1C94C
RGB	rgb(225, 201, 76)
HSL	hsl(50, 71%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(50, 66%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.7%, 66.2%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.91, -5.53, 63.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.91, 63.38, 95.01°)
OKLab	oklab(83.36% -0.0207 0.1424)
OKLCH	oklch(83.36% 0.144 98.3)
XYZ	xyz(53.2449, 58.3052, 15.2855)
Luminance	0.5830 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E1C94C #4C64E1

analogous

#E17F4C #E1C94C #AEE14C

triadic

#E1C94C #4CE1C9 #C94CE1

tetradic

#E1C94C #4CE17F #4C64E1 #E14CAE

square

#E1C94C #4CE17F #4C64E1 #E14CAE

split-complementary

#E1C94C #4CAEE1 #7F4CE1

monochromatic

#99841A #CDB222 #E1C94C #EAD980 #F3E9B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#E1C94C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.66

#E1C94C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E1C94C

12.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E1C94C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E1C94C	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)

#DCC43C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CC53

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F2BBAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e1c94c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 201, 76);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.4% 0.144 98.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eed984',
    500: '#e1c94c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e1c94c;
$custom-light: #eed984;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e1c94c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 76
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.336,
    "s": 71.292,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83355,
    "c": 0.14388,
    "h": 98.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.58303
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E1C94C

secondary

#34459D

accent

#57EE3A

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E1C94C

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

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