#E1C956#E1C956

#E1C956 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.585; OKLCH L 83.4% C 0.136 H 97.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E1C956
RGB	rgb(225, 201, 86)
HSL	hsl(50, 70%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(50, 62%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.7%, 61.8%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.99, -4.92, 58.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.99, 59.19, 94.77°)
OKLab	oklab(83.45% -0.0179 0.1351)
OKLCH	oklch(83.45% 0.136 97.5)
XYZ	xyz(53.6200, 58.4552, 17.2609)
Luminance	0.5845 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E1C956 #566EE1

analogous

#E18356 #E1C956 #B3E156

triadic

#E1C956 #56E1C9 #C956E1

tetradic

#E1C956 #56E183 #566EE1 #E156B3

square

#E1C956 #56E183 #566EE1 #E156B3

split-complementary

#E1C956 #56B3E1 #8356E1

monochromatic

#A0891C #D4B626 #E1C956 #EADA8A #F3EABE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#E1C956 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.69

#E1C956 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E1C956

12.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E1C956	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E1C956	1.00	1.65	12.69	12.69
#FFFFFF	1.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBC449

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CD5C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F2BBB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e1c956;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 201, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.4% 0.136 97.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eed98a',
    500: '#e1c956',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e1c956;
$custom-light: #eed98a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e1c956",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.64,
    "s": 69.849,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83448,
    "c": 0.13624,
    "h": 97.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.58453
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E1C956

secondary

#384BA3

accent

#35D214

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E1C956

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

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