#E1C953#E1C953

#E1C953 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.584; OKLCH L 83.4% C 0.139 H 97.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E1C953
RGB	rgb(225, 201, 83)
HSL	hsl(50, 70%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(50, 63%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.7%, 63.1%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.97, -5.12, 60.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.97, 60.47, 94.85°)
OKLab	oklab(83.42% -0.0187 0.1373)
OKLCH	oklch(83.42% 0.139 97.8)
XYZ	xyz(53.5016, 58.4079, 16.6377)
Luminance	0.5840 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E1C953 #536BE1

analogous

#E18253 #E1C953 #B2E153

triadic

#E1C953 #53E1C9 #C953E1

tetradic

#E1C953 #53E182 #536BE1 #E153B2

square

#E1C953 #53E182 #536BE1 #E153B2

split-complementary

#E1C953 #53B2E1 #8253E1

monochromatic

#9E881C #D2B525 #E1C953 #EAD987 #F3EABB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#E1C953 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.68

#E1C953 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E1C953

12.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E1C953	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E1C953	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)

#DBC445

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CD59

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F2BBB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e1c953;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 201, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.4% 0.139 97.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eed988',
    500: '#e1c953',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e1c953;
$custom-light: #eed988;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e1c953",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.859,
    "s": 70.297,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83419,
    "c": 0.13861,
    "h": 97.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.58405
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E1C953

secondary

#3749A1

accent

#33D213

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E1C953

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

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