#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
RGB	rgb(225, 203, 75)
HSL	hsl(51, 71%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(51, 67%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.8%, 66.7%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.42, -6.61, 64.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.42, 64.41, 95.89°)
OKLab	oklab(83.76% -0.0239 0.1442)
OKLCH	oklch(83.76% 0.146 99.4)
XYZ	xyz(53.6797, 59.2299, 15.2602)
Luminance	0.5923 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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
##E1CB4B	1.00	1.63	12.85	12.85
#FFFFFF	1.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #E1CB4B

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

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