#E1CE55#E1CE55

#E1CE55 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.608; OKLCH L 84.5% C 0.141 H 100.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E1CE55
RGB	rgb(225, 206, 85)
HSL	hsl(52, 70%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(52, 62%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.4%, 62.2%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.28, -7.54, 60.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.28, 61.28, 97.07°)
OKLab	oklab(84.46% -0.0255 0.1388)
OKLCH	oklch(84.46% 0.141 100.4)
XYZ	xyz(54.7645, 60.8084, 17.4451)
Luminance	0.6081 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E1CE55 #5568E1

analogous

#E18855 #E1CE55 #AEE155

triadic

#E1CE55 #55E1CE #CE55E1

tetradic

#E1CE55 #55E188 #5568E1 #E155AE

square

#E1CE55 #55E188 #5568E1 #E155AE

split-complementary

#E1CE55 #55AEE1 #8855E1

monochromatic

#9F8E1C #D3BC25 #E1CE55 #EADD89 #F3ECBD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.60

#E1CE55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.16

#E1CE55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E1CE55

13.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E1CE55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E1CE55	1.00	1.60	13.16	13.16
#FFFFFF	1.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E0C847

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5D05B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F1C0B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e1ce55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 206, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.5% 0.141 100.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eedc8a',
    500: '#e1ce55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e1ce55;
$custom-light: #eedc8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e1ce55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.857,
    "s": 70,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84463,
    "c": 0.14113,
    "h": 100.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.60806
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E1CE55

secondary

#3846A3

accent

#2DD214

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E1CE55

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

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