#E1CD54#E1CD54

#E1CD54 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.603; OKLCH L 84.2% C 0.141 H 99.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E1CD54
RGB	rgb(225, 205, 84)
HSL	hsl(51, 70%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(51, 63%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.9%, 62.7%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.01, -7.10, 60.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.01, 61.37, 96.64°)
OKLab	oklab(84.25% -0.0243 0.139)
OKLCH	oklch(84.25% 0.141 99.9)
XYZ	xyz(54.4851, 60.3126, 17.1573)
Luminance	0.6031 (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

#E1CD54 #5468E1

analogous

#E18654 #E1CD54 #AFE154

triadic

#E1CD54 #54E1CD #CD54E1

tetradic

#E1CD54 #54E186 #5468E1 #E154AF

square

#E1CD54 #54E186 #5468E1 #E154AF

split-complementary

#E1CD54 #54AFE1 #8654E1

monochromatic

#9F8C1C #D3BA25 #E1CD54 #EADC88 #F3EBBC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.61

#E1CD54 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.06

#E1CD54 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E1CD54

13.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E1CD54	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E1CD54	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)

#DFC846

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5CF5A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F1BFB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e1cd54;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 205, 84);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.2% 0.141 99.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eedb89',
    500: '#e1cd54',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e1cd54;
$custom-light: #eedb89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e1cd54",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 84
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.489,
    "s": 70.149,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84248,
    "c": 0.14107,
    "h": 99.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.6031
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E1CD54

secondary

#3746A2

accent

#2ED213

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E1CD54

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

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