#E1CC55#E1CC55

#E1CC55 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.598; OKLCH L 84.1% C 0.139 H 99.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E1CC55
RGB	rgb(225, 204, 85)
HSL	hsl(51, 70%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(51, 62%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.3%, 62.2%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.76, -6.52, 60.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.76, 60.61, 96.18°)
OKLab	oklab(84.05% -0.0225 0.1376)
OKLCH	oklch(84.05% 0.139 99.3)
XYZ	xyz(54.2861, 59.8515, 17.2856)
Luminance	0.5985 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E1CC55 #556AE1

analogous

#E18655 #E1CC55 #B0E155

triadic

#E1CC55 #55E1CC #CC55E1

tetradic

#E1CC55 #55E186 #556AE1 #E155B0

square

#E1CC55 #55E186 #556AE1 #E155B0

split-complementary

#E1CC55 #55B0E1 #8655E1

monochromatic

#9F8C1C #D3B925 #E1CC55 #EADC89 #F3EBBD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#E1CC55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.97

#E1CC55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E1CC55

12.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E1CC55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E1CC55	1.00	1.62	12.97	12.97
#FFFFFF	1.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DEC747

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4CF5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F1BEB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e1cc55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 204, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.1% 0.139 99.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eedb8a',
    500: '#e1cc55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e1cc55;
$custom-light: #eedb8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e1cc55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51,
    "s": 70,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84052,
    "c": 0.13946,
    "h": 99.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.59849
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E1CC55

secondary

#3848A3

accent

#30D214

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E1CC55

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

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