#E1CB50#E1CB50

#E1CB50 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.593; OKLCH L 83.8% C 0.143 H 99.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E1CB50
RGB	rgb(225, 203, 80)
HSL	hsl(51, 71%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(51, 64%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.8%, 64.4%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.46, -6.32, 62.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.46, 62.38, 95.82°)
OKLab	oklab(83.8% -0.0225 0.1407)
OKLCH	oklch(83.8% 0.143 99.1)
XYZ	xyz(53.8576, 59.3010, 16.1972)
Luminance	0.5930 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E1CB50 #5066E1

analogous

#E18350 #E1CB50 #AEE150

triadic

#E1CB50 #50E1CB #CB50E1

tetradic

#E1CB50 #50E183 #5066E1 #E150AE

square

#E1CB50 #50E183 #5066E1 #E150AE

split-complementary

#E1CB50 #50AEE1 #8350E1

monochromatic

#9C881B #D0B624 #E1CB50 #EADB84 #F3EAB8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#E1CB50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.86

#E1CB50 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E1CB50

12.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E1CB50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E1CB50	1.00	1.63	12.86	12.86
#FFFFFF	1.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DEC641

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4CE57

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F2BDB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e1cb50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 203, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.8% 0.143 99.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eeda87',
    500: '#e1cb50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e1cb50;
$custom-light: #eeda87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e1cb50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.897,
    "s": 70.732,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.838,
    "c": 0.14251,
    "h": 99.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.59299
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E1CB50

secondary

#36469F

accent

#55ED3A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF3

border

#D6D4CD

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E1CB50

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

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