#E1CD51#E1CD51

#E1CD51 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.603; OKLCH L 84.2% C 0.143 H 100.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E1CD51
RGB	rgb(225, 205, 81)
HSL	hsl(52, 71%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(52, 64%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.9%, 64%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.98, -7.28, 62.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.98, 62.62, 96.68°)
OKLab	oklab(84.22% -0.0252 0.1412)
OKLCH	oklch(84.22% 0.143 100.1)
XYZ	xyz(54.3701, 60.2666, 16.5517)
Luminance	0.6026 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E1CD51 #5165E1

analogous

#E18551 #E1CD51 #ADE151

triadic

#E1CD51 #51E1CD #CD51E1

tetradic

#E1CD51 #51E185 #5165E1 #E151AD

square

#E1CD51 #51E185 #5165E1 #E151AD

split-complementary

#E1CD51 #51ADE1 #8551E1

monochromatic

#9D8B1B #D1B924 #E1CD51 #EADC85 #F3EBB9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.61

#E1CD51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.05

#E1CD51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E1CD51

13.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E1CD51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E1CD51	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)

#DFC842

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5CF58

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F2BFB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e1cd51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 205, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.2% 0.143 100.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eedb87',
    500: '#e1cd51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e1cd51;
$custom-light: #eedb87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e1cd51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.667,
    "s": 70.588,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8422,
    "c": 0.14339,
    "h": 100.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.60264
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E1CD51

secondary

#3645A0

accent

#53ED3A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E1CD51

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

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