#E1CB51#E1CB51

#E1CB51 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.593; OKLCH L 83.8% C 0.142 H 99.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E1CB51
RGB	rgb(225, 203, 81)
HSL	hsl(51, 71%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(51, 64%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.8%, 64%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.46, -6.26, 61.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.46, 61.96, 95.80°)
OKLab	oklab(83.81% -0.0223 0.14)
OKLCH	oklch(83.81% 0.142 99)
XYZ	xyz(53.8948, 59.3159, 16.3933)
Luminance	0.5931 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E1CB51 #5167E1

analogous

#E18351 #E1CB51 #AFE151

triadic

#E1CB51 #51E1CB #CB51E1

tetradic

#E1CB51 #51E183 #5167E1 #E151AF

square

#E1CB51 #51E183 #5167E1 #E151AF

split-complementary

#E1CB51 #51AFE1 #8351E1

monochromatic

#9D891B #D1B624 #E1CB51 #EADB85 #F3EAB9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#E1CB51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.86

#E1CB51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E1CB51

12.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E1CB51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E1CB51	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)

#DDC642

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3CE58

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F2BDB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e1cb51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 203, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.8% 0.142 99.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eeda87',
    500: '#e1cb51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e1cb51;
$custom-light: #eeda87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e1cb51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.833,
    "s": 70.588,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83809,
    "c": 0.14175,
    "h": 99
  },
  "luminance": 0.59314
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E1CB51

secondary

#3646A0

accent

#56ED3A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E1CB51

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

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