#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
RGB	rgb(225, 204, 73)
HSL	hsl(52, 72%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(52, 68%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.3%, 67.6%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.66, -7.23, 65.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.66, 65.53, 96.33°)
OKLab	oklab(83.95% -0.0259 0.1461)
OKLCH	oklch(83.95% 0.148 100.1)
XYZ	xyz(53.8492, 59.6768, 14.9844)
Luminance	0.5967 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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
##E1CC49	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)

#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

Preview with #E1CC49

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

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