#E1C94E#E1C94E

#E1C94E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.583; OKLCH L 83.4% C 0.142 H 98.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E1C94E
RGB	rgb(225, 201, 78)
HSL	hsl(50, 71%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(50, 65%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.7%, 65.3%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.92, -5.42, 62.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.92, 62.56, 94.97°)
OKLab	oklab(83.37% -0.0202 0.141)
OKLCH	oklch(83.37% 0.142 98.2)
XYZ	xyz(53.3155, 58.3334, 15.6574)
Luminance	0.5833 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E1C94E #4E66E1

analogous

#E1804E #E1C94E #B0E14E

triadic

#E1C94E #4EE1C9 #C94EE1

tetradic

#E1C94E #4EE180 #4E66E1 #E14EB0

square

#E1C94E #4EE180 #4E66E1 #E14EB0

split-complementary

#E1C94E #4EB0E1 #804EE1

monochromatic

#9A851A #CFB323 #E1C94E #EAD982 #F3E9B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#E1C94E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.67

#E1C94E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E1C94E

12.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E1C94E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E1C94E	1.00	1.66	12.67	12.67
#FFFFFF	1.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCC43F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CD55

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F2BBAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e1c94e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 201, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.4% 0.142 98.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eed985',
    500: '#e1c94e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e1c94e;
$custom-light: #eed985;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e1c94e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.204,
    "s": 71.014,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83373,
    "c": 0.14242,
    "h": 98.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.58331
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E1C94E

secondary

#35469E

accent

#57EE3A

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E1C94E

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

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