#E1CB46#E1CB46

#E1CB46 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.592; OKLCH L 83.7% C 0.150 H 99.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E1CB46
RGB	rgb(225, 203, 70)
HSL	hsl(51, 72%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(51, 69%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.8%, 68.9%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.38, -6.88, 66.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.38, 66.37, 95.95°)
OKLab	oklab(83.72% -0.0252 0.1475)
OKLCH	oklch(83.72% 0.15 99.7)
XYZ	xyz(53.5152, 59.1641, 14.3941)
Luminance	0.5916 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E1CB46 #465CE1

analogous

#E17D46 #E1CB46 #A9E146

triadic

#E1CB46 #46E1CB #CB46E1

tetradic

#E1CB46 #46E17D #465CE1 #E146A9

square

#E1CB46 #46E17D #465CE1 #E146A9

split-complementary

#E1CB46 #46A9E1 #7D46E1

monochromatic

#958318 #C9B121 #E1CB46 #EADA7B #F2E9AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#E1CB46 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.83

#E1CB46 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E1CB46

12.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E1CB46	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E1CB46	1.00	1.64	12.83	12.83
#FFFFFF	1.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DEC633

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4CE4E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F2BDB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e1cb46;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 203, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.7% 0.150 99.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eeda81',
    500: '#e1cb46',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e1cb46;
$custom-light: #eeda81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e1cb46",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.484,
    "s": 72.093,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83717,
    "c": 0.14962,
    "h": 99.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.59162
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E1CB46

secondary

#324199

accent

#53EF39

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E1CB46

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

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