#E1CB4E#E1CB4E

#E1CB4E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.593; OKLCH L 83.8% C 0.144 H 99.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E1CB4E
RGB	rgb(225, 203, 78)
HSL	hsl(51, 71%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(51, 65%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.8%, 65.3%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.44, -6.44, 62.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.44, 63.20, 95.85°)
OKLab	oklab(83.78% -0.0231 0.1421)
OKLCH	oklch(83.78% 0.144 99.2)
XYZ	xyz(53.7848, 59.2719, 15.8138)
Luminance	0.5927 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E1CB4E #4E64E1

analogous

#E1814E #E1CB4E #AEE14E

triadic

#E1CB4E #4EE1CB #CB4EE1

tetradic

#E1CB4E #4EE181 #4E64E1 #E14EAE

square

#E1CB4E #4EE181 #4E64E1 #E14EAE

split-complementary

#E1CB4E #4EAEE1 #814EE1

monochromatic

#9A871A #CFB523 #E1CB4E #EADA82 #F3EAB7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#E1CB4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.85

#E1CB4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E1CB4E

12.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E1CB4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E1CB4E	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)

#DEC63E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4CE55

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F2BDB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e1cb4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 203, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.8% 0.144 99.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eeda85',
    500: '#e1cb4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e1cb4e;
$custom-light: #eeda85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e1cb4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.02,
    "s": 71.014,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83783,
    "c": 0.14399,
    "h": 99.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.59269
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E1CB4E

secondary

#35459E

accent

#55EE3A

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E1CB4E

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

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