#E1C94F#E1C94F

#E1C94F is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.583; OKLCH L 83.4% C 0.142 H 98.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E1C94F
RGB	rgb(225, 201, 79)
HSL	hsl(50, 71%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(50, 65%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.7%, 64.9%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.93, -5.36, 61.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.93, 62.15, 94.95°)
OKLab	oklab(83.38% -0.0199 0.1403)
OKLCH	oklch(83.38% 0.142 98.1)
XYZ	xyz(53.3516, 58.3479, 15.8477)
Luminance	0.5835 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E1C94F #4F67E1

analogous

#E1804F #E1C94F #B0E14F

triadic

#E1C94F #4FE1C9 #C94FE1

tetradic

#E1C94F #4FE180 #4F67E1 #E14FB0

square

#E1C94F #4FE180 #4F67E1 #E14FB0

split-complementary

#E1C94F #4FB0E1 #804FE1

monochromatic

#9B861A #CFB323 #E1C94F #EAD983 #F3E9B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#E1C94F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.67

#E1C94F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E1C94F

12.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E1C94F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E1C94F	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)

#DCC440

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CD55

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F2BBAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e1c94f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 201, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.4% 0.142 98.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eed986',
    500: '#e1c94f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e1c94f;
$custom-light: #eed986;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e1c94f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.137,
    "s": 70.874,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83382,
    "c": 0.14167,
    "h": 98.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.58345
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E1C94F

secondary

#35479F

accent

#58EE3A

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E1C94F

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

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