#E1CD5A#E1CD5A

#E1CD5A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.604; OKLCH L 84.3% C 0.136 H 99.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E1CD5A
RGB	rgb(225, 205, 90)
HSL	hsl(51, 69%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(51, 60%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.9%, 60%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.06, -6.70, 58.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.06, 58.78, 96.55°)
OKLab	oklab(84.31% -0.0225 0.1344)
OKLCH	oklch(84.31% 0.136 99.5)
XYZ	xyz(54.7303, 60.4107, 18.4484)
Luminance	0.6041 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E1CD5A #5A6EE1

analogous

#E18A5A #E1CD5A #B2E15A

triadic

#E1CD5A #5AE1CD #CD5AE1

tetradic

#E1CD5A #5AE18A #5A6EE1 #E15AB2

square

#E1CD5A #5AE18A #5A6EE1 #E15AB2

split-complementary

#E1CD5A #5AB2E1 #8A5AE1

monochromatic

#A38F1E #D7BD27 #E1CD5A #EADD8E #F4ECC2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.61

#E1CD5A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.08

#E1CD5A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E1CD5A

13.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E1CD5A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E1CD5A	1.00	1.61	13.08	13.08
#FFFFFF	1.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DFC84E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4CF60

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F1C0B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e1cd5a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 205, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.3% 0.136 99.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eddc8d',
    500: '#e1cd5a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e1cd5a;
$custom-light: #eddc8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e1cd5a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.111,
    "s": 69.231,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84307,
    "c": 0.13622,
    "h": 99.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.60408
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E1CD5A

secondary

#3A4AA6

accent

#30D114

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E1CD5A

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

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