#E1C960#E1C960

#E1C960 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.586; OKLCH L 83.6% C 0.128 H 96.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E1C960
RGB	rgb(225, 201, 96)
HSL	hsl(49, 68%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(49, 57%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.7%, 57.3%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.09, -4.23, 54.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.09, 54.76, 94.43°)
OKLab	oklab(83.55% -0.0147 0.1269)
OKLCH	oklch(83.55% 0.128 96.6)
XYZ	xyz(54.0514, 58.6278, 19.5332)
Luminance	0.5863 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E1C960 #6078E1

analogous

#E18860 #E1C960 #B9E160

triadic

#E1C960 #60E1C9 #C960E1

tetradic

#E1C960 #60E188 #6078E1 #E160B9

square

#E1C960 #60E188 #6078E1 #E160B9

split-complementary

#E1C960 #60B9E1 #8860E1

monochromatic

#A78E20 #D7B82D #E1C960 #EBDA93 #F4ECC7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#E1C960 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.73

#E1C960 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E1C960

12.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E1C960	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E1C960	1.00	1.65	12.73	12.73
#FFFFFF	1.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBC556

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CD65

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F1BCB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e1c960;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 201, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.6% 0.128 96.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edd990',
    500: '#e1c960',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e1c960;
$custom-light: #edd990;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e1c960",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.837,
    "s": 68.254,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83554,
    "c": 0.12778,
    "h": 96.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.58625
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E1C960

secondary

#3C50A9

accent

#38D015

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E1C960

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

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