#E1CD4A#E1CD4A

#E1CD4A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.602; OKLCH L 84.2% C 0.148 H 100.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E1CD4A
RGB	rgb(225, 205, 74)
HSL	hsl(52, 72%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(52, 67%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.9%, 67.1%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.93, -7.68, 65.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.93, 65.45, 96.74°)
OKLab	oklab(84.16% -0.0271 0.146)
OKLCH	oklch(84.16% 0.148 100.5)
XYZ	xyz(54.1210, 60.1670, 15.2399)
Luminance	0.6017 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E1CD4A #4A5EE1

analogous

#E1814A #E1CD4A #A9E14A

triadic

#E1CD4A #4AE1CD #CD4AE1

tetradic

#E1CD4A #4AE181 #4A5EE1 #E14AA9

square

#E1CD4A #4AE181 #4A5EE1 #E14AA9

split-complementary

#E1CD4A #4AA9E1 #814AE1

monochromatic

#978719 #CCB522 #E1CD4A #EADC7E #F2EAB3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.61

#E1CD4A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.03

#E1CD4A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E1CD4A

13.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E1CD4A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E1CD4A	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)

#E0C738

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5CF52

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F2BFB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e1cd4a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 205, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.2% 0.148 100.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eedb83',
    500: '#e1cd4a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e1cd4a;
$custom-light: #eedb83;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e1cd4a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.053,
    "s": 71.564,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8416,
    "c": 0.14849,
    "h": 100.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.60165
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E1CD4A

secondary

#34419B

accent

#51EE39

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17150B

muted

#85847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E1CD4A

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

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