#E1CD50#E1CD50

#E1CD50 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.602; OKLCH L 84.2% C 0.144 H 100.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E1CD50
RGB	rgb(225, 205, 80)
HSL	hsl(52, 71%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(52, 64%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.9%, 64.4%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.97, -7.34, 62.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.97, 63.03, 96.69°)
OKLab	oklab(84.21% -0.0254 0.1419)
OKLCH	oklch(84.21% 0.144 100.2)
XYZ	xyz(54.3329, 60.2518, 16.3557)
Luminance	0.6025 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E1CD50 #5064E1

analogous

#E18450 #E1CD50 #ADE150

triadic

#E1CD50 #50E1CD #CD50E1

tetradic

#E1CD50 #50E184 #5064E1 #E150AD

square

#E1CD50 #50E184 #5064E1 #E150AD

split-complementary

#E1CD50 #50ADE1 #8450E1

monochromatic

#9C8A1B #D0B824 #E1CD50 #EADC84 #F3EBB8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.61

#E1CD50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.05

#E1CD50 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E1CD50

13.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E1CD50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E1CD50	1.00	1.61	13.05	13.05
#FFFFFF	1.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DFC741

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5CF57

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F2BFB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e1cd50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 205, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.2% 0.144 100.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eedb87',
    500: '#e1cd50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e1cd50;
$custom-light: #eedb87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e1cd50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.724,
    "s": 70.732,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84211,
    "c": 0.14414,
    "h": 100.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.60249
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E1CD50

secondary

#36449F

accent

#53ED3A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF3

border

#D6D4CD

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E1CD50

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

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