#E1CC53#E1CC53

#E1CC53 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.598; OKLCH L 84.0% C 0.141 H 99.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E1CC53
RGB	rgb(225, 204, 83)
HSL	hsl(51, 70%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(51, 63%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.3%, 63.1%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.74, -6.65, 61.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.74, 61.45, 96.21°)
OKLab	oklab(84.03% -0.0231 0.1391)
OKLCH	oklch(84.03% 0.141 99.4)
XYZ	xyz(54.2078, 59.8202, 16.8730)
Luminance	0.5982 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E1CC53 #5368E1

analogous

#E18553 #E1CC53 #AFE153

triadic

#E1CC53 #53E1CC #CC53E1

tetradic

#E1CC53 #53E185 #5368E1 #E153AF

square

#E1CC53 #53E185 #5368E1 #E153AF

split-complementary

#E1CC53 #53AFE1 #8553E1

monochromatic

#9E8B1C #D2B825 #E1CC53 #EADB87 #F3EBBB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#E1CC53 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.96

#E1CC53 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E1CC53

12.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E1CC53	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E1CC53	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)

#DEC745

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4CF59

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F1BEB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e1cc53;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 204, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.0% 0.141 99.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eedb88',
    500: '#e1cc53',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e1cc53;
$custom-light: #eedb88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e1cc53",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.127,
    "s": 70.297,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84033,
    "c": 0.14102,
    "h": 99.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.59818
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E1CC53

secondary

#3747A1

accent

#2FD213

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E1CC53

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

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