#E1CD44#E1CD44

#E1CD44 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.601; OKLCH L 84.1% C 0.153 H 100.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E1CD44
RGB	rgb(225, 205, 68)
HSL	hsl(52, 72%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(52, 70%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.9%, 69.8%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.89, -7.99, 67.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.89, 67.76, 96.78°)
OKLab	oklab(84.11% -0.0286 0.1498)
OKLCH	oklch(84.11% 0.153 100.8)
XYZ	xyz(53.9285, 60.0900, 14.2256)
Luminance	0.6009 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E1CD44 #4458E1

analogous

#E17F44 #E1CD44 #A6E144

triadic

#E1CD44 #44E1CD #CD44E1

tetradic

#E1CD44 #44E17F #4458E1 #E144A6

square

#E1CD44 #44E17F #4458E1 #E144A6

split-complementary

#E1CD44 #44A6E1 #7F44E1

monochromatic

#938318 #C8B220 #E1CD44 #E9DB79 #F2E9AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.61

#E1CD44 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.02

#E1CD44 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E1CD44

13.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E1CD44	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E1CD44	1.00	1.61	13.02	13.02
#FFFFFF	1.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E0C72F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6CF4D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F2BEB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e1cd44;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 205, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.1% 0.153 100.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eedb80',
    500: '#e1cd44',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e1cd44;
$custom-light: #eedb80;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e1cd44",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.357,
    "s": 72.35,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84113,
    "c": 0.15253,
    "h": 100.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.60088
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E1CD44

secondary

#323F98

accent

#50EF39

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17150B

muted

#85847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E1CD44

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

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