#E1C94D#E1C94D

#E1C94D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.583; OKLCH L 83.4% C 0.143 H 98.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#E1C94D
RGBrgb(225, 201, 77)
HSLhsl(50, 71%, 59%)
HSVhsv(50, 66%, 88%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 10.7%, 65.8%, 11.8%)
CIE-LABlab(80.92, -5.47, 62.73)
CIE-LCHlch(80.92, 62.97, 94.99°)
OKLaboklab(83.36% -0.0205 0.1417)
OKLCHoklch(83.36% 0.143 98.2)
XYZxyz(53.2799, 58.3192, 15.4700)
Luminance0.5832 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#E1C94D #4D65E1
analogous
#E17F4D #E1C94D #AFE14D
triadic
#E1C94D #4DE1C9 #C94DE1
tetradic
#E1C94D #4DE17F #4D65E1 #E14DAF
square
#E1C94D #4DE17F #4D65E1 #E14DAF
split-complementary
#E1C94D #4DAFE1 #7F4DE1
monochromatic
#9A851A #CEB223 #E1C94D #EAD981 #F3E9B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66
#E1C94D on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.66
#E1C94D on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E1C94D
12.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##E1C94D#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##E1C94D1.001.6612.6612.66
#FFFFFF1.661.0021.0021.00
#00000012.6621.001.001.00
##00000012.6621.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#DCC43D
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#E2CD54
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F2BBAF
Achromatopsia (no color)
#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #e1c94d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 201, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.4% 0.143 98.2);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eed985',
    500: '#e1c94d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #e1c94d;
$custom-light: #eed985;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#e1c94d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.27,
    "s": 71.154,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83364,
    "c": 0.14316,
    "h": 98.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.58317
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#E1C94D
secondary
#35469D
accent
#57EE3A
background
#FFFEFB
surface
#FEFBF2
border
#D6D4CC
text
#17140B
muted
#85837E

Preview Lab

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#E1C94D Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva