#E1C950#E1C950

#E1C950 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.584; OKLCH L 83.4% C 0.141 H 98.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E1C950
RGB	rgb(225, 201, 80)
HSL	hsl(50, 71%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(50, 64%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.7%, 64.4%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.94, -5.30, 61.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.94, 61.74, 94.92°)
OKLab	oklab(83.39% -0.0196 0.1396)
OKLCH	oklch(83.39% 0.141 98)
XYZ	xyz(53.3883, 58.3625, 16.0408)
Luminance	0.5836 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E1C950 #5068E1

analogous

#E18150 #E1C950 #B1E150

triadic

#E1C950 #50E1C9 #C950E1

tetradic

#E1C950 #50E181 #5068E1 #E150B1

square

#E1C950 #50E181 #5068E1 #E150B1

split-complementary

#E1C950 #50B1E1 #8150E1

monochromatic

#9C871B #D0B424 #E1C950 #EAD984 #F3E9B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#E1C950 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.67

#E1C950 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E1C950

12.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E1C950	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E1C950	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)

#DCC441

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CD56

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F2BBB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e1c950;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 201, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.4% 0.141 98.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eed986',
    500: '#e1c950',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e1c950;
$custom-light: #eed986;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e1c950",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.069,
    "s": 70.732,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83391,
    "c": 0.14092,
    "h": 98
  },
  "luminance": 0.5836
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E1C950

secondary

#36479F

accent

#58ED3A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF3

border

#D6D4CD

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E1C950

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

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