#E1CD4E#E1CD4E

#E1CD4E 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	#E1CD4E
RGB	rgb(225, 205, 78)
HSL	hsl(52, 71%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(52, 65%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.9%, 65.3%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.96, -7.46, 63.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.96, 63.85, 96.71°)
OKLab	oklab(84.19% -0.026 0.1433)
OKLCH	oklch(84.19% 0.146 100.3)
XYZ	xyz(54.2601, 60.2226, 15.9723)
Luminance	0.6022 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E1CD4E #4E62E1

analogous

#E1844E #E1CD4E #ABE14E

triadic

#E1CD4E #4EE1CD #CD4EE1

tetradic

#E1CD4E #4EE184 #4E62E1 #E14EAB

square

#E1CD4E #4EE184 #4E62E1 #E14EAB

split-complementary

#E1CD4E #4EABE1 #844EE1

monochromatic

#9A891A #CFB723 #E1CD4E #EADC82 #F3EBB7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.61

#E1CD4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.04

#E1CD4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E1CD4E

13.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E1CD4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E1CD4E	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)

#E0C73E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5CF55

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F2BFB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e1cd4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 205, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.2% 0.146 100.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eedb86',
    500: '#e1cd4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e1cd4e;
$custom-light: #eedb86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e1cd4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.837,
    "s": 71.014,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84194,
    "c": 0.14562,
    "h": 100.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.6022
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E1CD4E

secondary

#35439E

accent

#52EE3A

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17150B

muted

#85847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E1CD4E

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

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