#E1CC51#E1CC51

#E1CC51 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 12.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E1CC51
RGB	rgb(225, 204, 81)
HSL	hsl(51, 71%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(51, 64%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.3%, 64%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.72, -6.77, 61.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.72, 62.29, 96.24°)
OKLab	oklab(84.02% -0.0237 0.1406)
OKLCH	oklch(84.02% 0.143 99.6)
XYZ	xyz(54.1317, 59.7898, 16.4722)
Luminance	0.5979 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E1CC51 #5166E1

analogous

#E18451 #E1CC51 #AEE151

triadic

#E1CC51 #51E1CC #CC51E1

tetradic

#E1CC51 #51E184 #5166E1 #E151AE

square

#E1CC51 #51E184 #5166E1 #E151AE

split-complementary

#E1CC51 #51AEE1 #8451E1

monochromatic

#9D8A1B #D1B824 #E1CC51 #EADB85 #F3EBB9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#E1CC51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.96

#E1CC51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E1CC51

12.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E1CC51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E1CC51	1.00	1.62	12.96	12.96
#FFFFFF	1.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DEC742

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4CF58

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F2BEB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e1cc51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 204, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.0% 0.143 99.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eedb87',
    500: '#e1cc51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e1cc51;
$custom-light: #eedb87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e1cc51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.25,
    "s": 70.588,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84015,
    "c": 0.14257,
    "h": 99.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.59787
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E1CC51

secondary

#3646A0

accent

#55ED3A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E1CC51

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

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