#E1CD4D#E1CD4D

#E1CD4D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.602; OKLCH L 84.2% C 0.146 H 100.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E1CD4D
RGB	rgb(225, 205, 77)
HSL	hsl(52, 71%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(52, 66%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.9%, 65.8%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.95, -7.52, 63.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.95, 64.26, 96.72°)
OKLab	oklab(84.19% -0.0263 0.144)
OKLCH	oklch(84.19% 0.146 100.3)
XYZ	xyz(54.2245, 60.2084, 15.7849)
Luminance	0.6021 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E1CD4D #4D61E1

analogous

#E1834D #E1CD4D #ABE14D

triadic

#E1CD4D #4DE1CD #CD4DE1

tetradic

#E1CD4D #4DE183 #4D61E1 #E14DAB

square

#E1CD4D #4DE183 #4D61E1 #E14DAB

split-complementary

#E1CD4D #4DABE1 #834DE1

monochromatic

#9A881A #CEB723 #E1CD4D #EADC81 #F3EAB6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.61

#E1CD4D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.04

#E1CD4D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E1CD4D

13.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E1CD4D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E1CD4D	1.00	1.61	13.04	13.04
#FFFFFF	1.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E0C73C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5CF54

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F2BFB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e1cd4d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 205, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.2% 0.146 100.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eedb85',
    500: '#e1cd4d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e1cd4d;
$custom-light: #eedb85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e1cd4d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.892,
    "s": 71.154,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84185,
    "c": 0.14636,
    "h": 100.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.60206
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E1CD4D

secondary

#35439D

accent

#52EE3A

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17150B

muted

#85847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E1CD4D

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

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