#E1CD49#E1CD49

#E1CD49 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.602; OKLCH L 84.2% C 0.149 H 100.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E1CD49
RGB	rgb(225, 205, 73)
HSL	hsl(52, 72%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(52, 68%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.9%, 67.6%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.92, -7.74, 65.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.92, 65.85, 96.75°)
OKLab	oklab(84.15% -0.0273 0.1467)
OKLCH	oklch(84.15% 0.149 100.6)
XYZ	xyz(54.0876, 60.1536, 15.0638)
Luminance	0.6015 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E1CD49 #495DE1

analogous

#E18149 #E1CD49 #A9E149

triadic

#E1CD49 #49E1CD #CD49E1

tetradic

#E1CD49 #49E181 #495DE1 #E149A9

square

#E1CD49 #49E181 #495DE1 #E149A9

split-complementary

#E1CD49 #49A9E1 #8149E1

monochromatic

#978619 #CBB522 #E1CD49 #EADB7E #F2EAB2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.61

#E1CD49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.03

#E1CD49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E1CD49

13.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E1CD49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E1CD49	1.00	1.61	13.03	13.03
#FFFFFF	1.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E0C737

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5CF51

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F2BFB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e1cd49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 205, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.2% 0.149 100.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eedb83',
    500: '#e1cd49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e1cd49;
$custom-light: #eedb83;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e1cd49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.105,
    "s": 71.698,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84152,
    "c": 0.14919,
    "h": 100.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.60151
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E1CD49

secondary

#33419B

accent

#51EE39

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17150B

muted

#85847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E1CD49

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

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