#E1CE51#E1CE51

#E1CE51 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.607; OKLCH L 84.4% C 0.144 H 100.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E1CE51
RGB	rgb(225, 206, 81)
HSL	hsl(52, 71%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(52, 64%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.4%, 64%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.24, -7.79, 62.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.24, 62.96, 97.11°)
OKLab	oklab(84.43% -0.0266 0.1417)
OKLCH	oklch(84.43% 0.144 100.6)
XYZ	xyz(54.6101, 60.7466, 16.6317)
Luminance	0.6074 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E1CE51 #5164E1

analogous

#E18651 #E1CE51 #ACE151

triadic

#E1CE51 #51E1CE #CE51E1

tetradic

#E1CE51 #51E186 #5164E1 #E151AC

square

#E1CE51 #51E186 #5164E1 #E151AC

split-complementary

#E1CE51 #51ACE1 #8651E1

monochromatic

#9D8B1B #D1BA24 #E1CE51 #EADD85 #F3EBB9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.60

#E1CE51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.15

#E1CE51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E1CE51

13.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E1CE51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E1CE51	1.00	1.60	13.15	13.15
#FFFFFF	1.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E0C842

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D058

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F1C0B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e1ce51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 206, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.4% 0.144 100.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eedc87',
    500: '#e1ce51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e1ce51;
$custom-light: #eedc87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e1ce51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.083,
    "s": 70.588,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84426,
    "c": 0.14422,
    "h": 100.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.60744
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E1CE51

secondary

#3644A0

accent

#52ED3A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E1CE51

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

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