#E1CC46#E1CC46

#E1CC46 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.596; OKLCH L 83.9% C 0.150 H 100.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E1CC46
RGB	rgb(225, 204, 70)
HSL	hsl(52, 72%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(52, 69%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.3%, 68.9%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.64, -7.39, 66.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.64, 66.69, 96.36°)
OKLab	oklab(83.92% -0.0267 0.148)
OKLCH	oklch(83.92% 0.15 100.2)
XYZ	xyz(53.7521, 59.6379, 14.4731)
Luminance	0.5964 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E1CC46 #465BE1

analogous

#E17E46 #E1CC46 #A8E146

triadic

#E1CC46 #46E1CC #CC46E1

tetradic

#E1CC46 #46E17E #465BE1 #E146A8

square

#E1CC46 #46E17E #465BE1 #E146A8

split-complementary

#E1CC46 #46A8E1 #7E46E1

monochromatic

#958418 #C9B221 #E1CC46 #EADB7B #F2E9AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#E1CC46 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.93

#E1CC46 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E1CC46

12.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E1CC46	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E1CC46	1.00	1.62	12.93	12.93
#FFFFFF	1.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DFC632

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5CE4E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F2BEB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e1cc46;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 204, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.9% 0.150 100.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eedb81',
    500: '#e1cc46',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e1cc46;
$custom-light: #eedb81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e1cc46",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.871,
    "s": 72.093,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83922,
    "c": 0.15042,
    "h": 100.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.59635
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E1CC46

secondary

#324099

accent

#52EF39

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E1CC46

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

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