#E1C951#E1C951

#E1C951 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.584; OKLCH L 83.4% C 0.140 H 97.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E1C951
RGB	rgb(225, 201, 81)
HSL	hsl(50, 71%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(50, 64%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.7%, 64%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.95, -5.24, 61.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.95, 61.32, 94.90°)
OKLab	oklab(83.4% -0.0193 0.1388)
OKLCH	oklch(83.4% 0.14 97.9)
XYZ	xyz(53.4255, 58.3774, 16.2368)
Luminance	0.5837 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E1C951 #5169E1

analogous

#E18151 #E1C951 #B1E151

triadic

#E1C951 #51E1C9 #C951E1

tetradic

#E1C951 #51E181 #5169E1 #E151B1

square

#E1C951 #51E181 #5169E1 #E151B1

split-complementary

#E1C951 #51B1E1 #8151E1

monochromatic

#9D871B #D1B424 #E1C951 #EAD985 #F3E9B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#E1C951 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.68

#E1C951 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E1C951

12.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E1C951	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E1C951	1.00	1.66	12.68	12.68
#FFFFFF	1.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCC443

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CD57

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F2BBB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e1c951;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 201, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.4% 0.140 97.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eed987',
    500: '#e1c951',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e1c951;
$custom-light: #eed987;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e1c951",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50,
    "s": 70.588,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.834,
    "c": 0.14016,
    "h": 97.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.58375
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E1C951

secondary

#3648A0

accent

#58ED3A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF3

border

#D6D4CD

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E1C951

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

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