#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
RGBrgb(225, 205, 74)
HSLhsl(52, 72%, 59%)
HSVhsv(52, 67%, 88%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 8.9%, 67.1%, 11.8%)
CIE-LABlab(81.93, -7.68, 65.00)
CIE-LCHlch(81.93, 65.45, 96.74°)
OKLaboklab(84.16% -0.0271 0.146)
OKLCHoklch(84.16% 0.148 100.5)
XYZxyz(54.1210, 60.1670, 15.2399)
Luminance0.6017 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

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
##E1CD4A1.001.6113.0313.03
#FFFFFF1.611.0021.0021.00
#00000013.0321.001.001.00
##00000013.0321.001.001.00

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

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#E1CD4A Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva