#E1CD46#E1CD46

#E1CD46 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.601; OKLCH L 84.1% C 0.151 H 100.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E1CD46
RGB	rgb(225, 205, 70)
HSL	hsl(52, 72%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(52, 69%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.9%, 68.9%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.90, -7.89, 66.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.90, 67.00, 96.77°)
OKLab	oklab(84.13% -0.0281 0.1486)
OKLCH	oklch(84.13% 0.151 100.7)
XYZ	xyz(53.9906, 60.1148, 14.5526)
Luminance	0.6011 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E1CD46 #465AE1

analogous

#E17F46 #E1CD46 #A7E146

triadic

#E1CD46 #46E1CD #CD46E1

tetradic

#E1CD46 #46E17F #465AE1 #E146A7

square

#E1CD46 #46E17F #465AE1 #E146A7

split-complementary

#E1CD46 #46A7E1 #7F46E1

monochromatic

#958418 #C9B321 #E1CD46 #EADB7B #F2E9AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.61

#E1CD46 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.02

#E1CD46 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E1CD46

13.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E1CD46	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E1CD46	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)

#E0C732

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6CF4E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F2BFB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e1cd46;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 205, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.1% 0.151 100.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eedb81',
    500: '#e1cd46',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e1cd46;
$custom-light: #eedb81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e1cd46",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.258,
    "s": 72.093,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84128,
    "c": 0.15122,
    "h": 100.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.60112
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E1CD46

secondary

#324099

accent

#50EF39

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17150B

muted

#85847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E1CD46

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

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