#E1CC49#E1CC49

#E1CC49 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.597; OKLCH L 83.9% C 0.148 H 100.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#E1CC49
RGBrgb(225, 204, 73)
HSLhsl(52, 72%, 58%)
HSVhsv(52, 68%, 88%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 9.3%, 67.6%, 11.8%)
CIE-LABlab(81.66, -7.23, 65.13)
CIE-LCHlch(81.66, 65.53, 96.33°)
OKLaboklab(83.95% -0.0259 0.1461)
OKLCHoklch(83.95% 0.148 100.1)
XYZxyz(53.8492, 59.6768, 14.9844)
Luminance0.5967 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#E1CC49 #495EE1
analogous
#E18049 #E1CC49 #AAE149
triadic
#E1CC49 #49E1CC #CC49E1
tetradic
#E1CC49 #49E180 #495EE1 #E149AA
square
#E1CC49 #49E180 #495EE1 #E149AA
split-complementary
#E1CC49 #49AAE1 #8049E1
monochromatic
#978519 #CBB422 #E1CC49 #EADB7E #F2E9B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62
#E1CC49 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.93
#E1CC49 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E1CC49
12.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##E1CC49#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##E1CC491.001.6212.9312.93
#FFFFFF1.621.0021.0021.00
#00000012.9321.001.001.00
##00000012.9321.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#DFC637
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#E5CE51
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F2BEB1
Achromatopsia (no color)
#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #e1cc49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 204, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.9% 0.148 100.1);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eedb83',
    500: '#e1cc49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #e1cc49;
$custom-light: #eedb83;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#e1cc49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.711,
    "s": 71.698,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83946,
    "c": 0.14838,
    "h": 100.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.59674
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#E1CC49
secondary
#33429B
accent
#52EE39
background
#FFFEFB
surface
#FEFBF2
border
#D6D4CC
text
#17140B
muted
#85837E

Preview Lab

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#E1CC49 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva