#E1CB4B#E1CB4B

#E1CB4B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.592; OKLCH L 83.8% C 0.146 H 99.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#E1CB4B
RGBrgb(225, 203, 75)
HSLhsl(51, 71%, 59%)
HSVhsv(51, 67%, 88%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 9.8%, 66.7%, 11.8%)
CIE-LABlab(81.42, -6.61, 64.07)
CIE-LCHlch(81.42, 64.41, 95.89°)
OKLaboklab(83.76% -0.0239 0.1442)
OKLCHoklch(83.76% 0.146 99.4)
XYZxyz(53.6797, 59.2299, 15.2602)
Luminance0.5923 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#E1CB4B #4B61E1
analogous
#E1804B #E1CB4B #ACE14B
triadic
#E1CB4B #4BE1CB #CB4BE1
tetradic
#E1CB4B #4BE180 #4B61E1 #E14BAC
square
#E1CB4B #4BE180 #4B61E1 #E14BAC
split-complementary
#E1CB4B #4BACE1 #804BE1
monochromatic
#988619 #CDB422 #E1CB4B #EADA7F #F2E9B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63
#E1CB4B on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.85
#E1CB4B on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E1CB4B
12.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##E1CB4B#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##E1CB4B1.001.6312.8512.85
#FFFFFF1.631.0021.0021.00
#00000012.8521.001.001.00
##00000012.8521.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#DEC63A
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#E4CE52
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F2BDB1
Achromatopsia (no color)
#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #e1cb4b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 203, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.8% 0.146 99.4);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eeda84',
    500: '#e1cb4b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #e1cb4b;
$custom-light: #eeda84;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#e1cb4b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.2,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83757,
    "c": 0.14617,
    "h": 99.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.59227
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#E1CB4B
secondary
#34439C
accent
#54EE3A
background
#FFFEFB
surface
#FEFBF2
border
#D6D4CC
text
#17140B
muted
#85837E

Preview Lab

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#E1CB4B Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva