#E1CD53#E1CD53

#E1CD53 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.603; OKLCH L 84.2% C 0.142 H 100.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E1CD53
RGB	rgb(225, 205, 83)
HSL	hsl(52, 70%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(52, 63%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.9%, 63.1%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.00, -7.16, 61.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.00, 61.79, 96.65°)
OKLab	oklab(84.24% -0.0246 0.1397)
OKLCH	oklch(84.24% 0.142 100)
XYZ	xyz(54.4462, 60.2971, 16.9525)
Luminance	0.6029 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E1CD53 #5367E1

analogous

#E18653 #E1CD53 #AEE153

triadic

#E1CD53 #53E1CD #CD53E1

tetradic

#E1CD53 #53E186 #5367E1 #E153AE

square

#E1CD53 #53E186 #5367E1 #E153AE

split-complementary

#E1CD53 #53AEE1 #8653E1

monochromatic

#9E8C1C #D2BA25 #E1CD53 #EADC87 #F3EBBB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.61

#E1CD53 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.06

#E1CD53 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E1CD53

13.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E1CD53	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E1CD53	1.00	1.61	13.06	13.06
#FFFFFF	1.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DFC845

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5CF5A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F1BFB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e1cd53;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 205, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.2% 0.142 100.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eedb89',
    500: '#e1cd53',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e1cd53;
$custom-light: #eedb89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e1cd53",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.549,
    "s": 70.297,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84239,
    "c": 0.14185,
    "h": 100
  },
  "luminance": 0.60295
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E1CD53

secondary

#3746A1

accent

#2ED213

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E1CD53

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

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