#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
RGB	rgb(225, 201, 77)
HSL	hsl(50, 71%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(50, 66%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.7%, 65.8%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.92, -5.47, 62.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.92, 62.97, 94.99°)
OKLab	oklab(83.36% -0.0205 0.1417)
OKLCH	oklch(83.36% 0.143 98.2)
XYZ	xyz(53.2799, 58.3192, 15.4700)
Luminance	0.5832 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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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
##E1C94D	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)

#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

Preview with #E1C94D

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

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