#E1CC50#E1CC50

#E1CC50 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.598; OKLCH L 84.0% C 0.143 H 99.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E1CC50
RGB	rgb(225, 204, 80)
HSL	hsl(51, 71%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(51, 64%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.3%, 64.4%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.72, -6.83, 62.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.72, 62.70, 96.25°)
OKLab	oklab(84.01% -0.024 0.1413)
OKLCH	oklch(84.01% 0.143 99.6)
XYZ	xyz(54.0945, 59.7749, 16.2762)
Luminance	0.5977 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E1CC50 #5065E1

analogous

#E18350 #E1CC50 #AEE150

triadic

#E1CC50 #50E1CC #CC50E1

tetradic

#E1CC50 #50E183 #5065E1 #E150AE

square

#E1CC50 #50E183 #5065E1 #E150AE

split-complementary

#E1CC50 #50AEE1 #8350E1

monochromatic

#9C891B #D0B724 #E1CC50 #EADB84 #F3EAB8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#E1CC50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.95

#E1CC50 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E1CC50

12.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E1CC50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E1CC50	1.00	1.62	12.95	12.95
#FFFFFF	1.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DEC741

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4CF57

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F2BEB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e1cc50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 204, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.0% 0.143 99.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eedb87',
    500: '#e1cc50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e1cc50;
$custom-light: #eedb87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e1cc50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.31,
    "s": 70.732,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84006,
    "c": 0.14332,
    "h": 99.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.59772
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E1CC50

secondary

#36459F

accent

#54ED3A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF3

border

#D6D4CD

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E1CC50

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

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