#E1CE45#E1CE45

#E1CE45 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.606; OKLCH L 84.3% C 0.153 H 101.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E1CE45
RGB	rgb(225, 206, 69)
HSL	hsl(53, 72%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(53, 69%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.4%, 69.3%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.15, -8.45, 67.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.15, 67.70, 97.17°)
OKLab	oklab(84.33% -0.0298 0.1498)
OKLCH	oklch(84.33% 0.153 101.3)
XYZ	xyz(54.1992, 60.5822, 14.4677)
Luminance	0.6058 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E1CE45 #4558E1

analogous

#E18045 #E1CE45 #A6E145

triadic

#E1CE45 #45E1CE #CE45E1

tetradic

#E1CE45 #45E180 #4558E1 #E145A6

square

#E1CE45 #45E180 #4558E1 #E145A6

split-complementary

#E1CE45 #45A6E1 #8045E1

monochromatic

#948518 #C8B420 #E1CE45 #E9DC7A #F2EAAE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.60

#E1CE45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.12

#E1CE45 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E1CE45

13.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E1CE45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E1CE45	1.00	1.60	13.12	13.12
#FFFFFF	1.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E1C830

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D04E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F2C0B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e1ce45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 206, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.3% 0.153 101.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eedc81',
    500: '#e1ce45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e1ce45;
$custom-light: #eedc81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e1ce45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.692,
    "s": 72.222,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84327,
    "c": 0.15269,
    "h": 101.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.6058
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E1CE45

secondary

#323E98

accent

#4FEF39

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17150B

muted

#85847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E1CE45

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

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