#E1C962#E1C962

#E1C962 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.587; OKLCH L 83.6% C 0.126 H 96.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E1C962
RGB	rgb(225, 201, 98)
HSL	hsl(49, 68%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(49, 56%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.7%, 56.4%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.11, -4.08, 53.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.11, 53.85, 94.35°)
OKLab	oklab(83.58% -0.014 0.1252)
OKLCH	oklch(83.58% 0.126 96.4)
XYZ	xyz(54.1447, 58.6651, 20.0244)
Luminance	0.5866 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E1C962 #627AE1

analogous

#E18962 #E1C962 #BAE162

triadic

#E1C962 #62E1C9 #C962E1

tetradic

#E1C962 #62E189 #627AE1 #E162BA

square

#E1C962 #62E189 #627AE1 #E162BA

split-complementary

#E1C962 #62BAE1 #8962E1

monochromatic

#A88F20 #D7B72F #E1C962 #EBDB95 #F5ECC9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#E1C962 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.73

#E1C962 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E1C962

12.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E1C962	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E1C962	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)

#DAC558

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CD67

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F1BCB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e1c962;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 201, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.6% 0.126 96.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edd992',
    500: '#e1c962',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e1c962;
$custom-light: #edd992;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e1c962",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.661,
    "s": 67.914,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83577,
    "c": 0.12599,
    "h": 96.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.58663
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E1C962

secondary

#3D51AB

accent

#39D016

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E1C962

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

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