#E1CB4A#E1CB4A

#E1CB4A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.592; OKLCH L 83.7% C 0.147 H 99.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E1CB4A
RGB	rgb(225, 203, 74)
HSL	hsl(51, 72%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(51, 67%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.8%, 67.1%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.41, -6.66, 64.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.41, 64.81, 95.90°)
OKLab	oklab(83.75% -0.0242 0.1449)
OKLCH	oklch(83.75% 0.147 99.5)
XYZ	xyz(53.6457, 59.2163, 15.0814)
Luminance	0.5921 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E1CB4A #4A60E1

analogous

#E17F4A #E1CB4A #ABE14A

triadic

#E1CB4A #4AE1CB #CB4AE1

tetradic

#E1CB4A #4AE17F #4A60E1 #E14AAB

square

#E1CB4A #4AE17F #4A60E1 #E14AAB

split-complementary

#E1CB4A #4AABE1 #7F4AE1

monochromatic

#978519 #CCB322 #E1CB4A #EADA7E #F2E9B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#E1CB4A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.84

#E1CB4A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E1CB4A

12.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E1CB4A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E1CB4A	1.00	1.64	12.84	12.84
#FFFFFF	1.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DEC639

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4CE51

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F2BDB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e1cb4a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 203, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.7% 0.147 99.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eeda83',
    500: '#e1cb4a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e1cb4a;
$custom-light: #eeda83;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e1cb4a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.258,
    "s": 71.564,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83749,
    "c": 0.14688,
    "h": 99.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.59214
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E1CB4A

secondary

#34439B

accent

#54EE39

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E1CB4A

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

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