#E1CD55#E1CD55

#E1CD55 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.603; OKLCH L 84.3% C 0.140 H 99.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E1CD55
RGB	rgb(225, 205, 85)
HSL	hsl(51, 70%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(51, 62%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.9%, 62.2%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.02, -7.03, 60.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.02, 60.94, 96.63°)
OKLab	oklab(84.26% -0.024 0.1382)
OKLCH	oklch(84.26% 0.14 99.9)
XYZ	xyz(54.5246, 60.3284, 17.3651)
Luminance	0.6033 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E1CD55 #5569E1

analogous

#E18755 #E1CD55 #AFE155

triadic

#E1CD55 #55E1CD #CD55E1

tetradic

#E1CD55 #55E187 #5569E1 #E155AF

square

#E1CD55 #55E187 #5569E1 #E155AF

split-complementary

#E1CD55 #55AFE1 #8755E1

monochromatic

#9F8D1C #D3BB25 #E1CD55 #EADC89 #F3ECBD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.61

#E1CD55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.07

#E1CD55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E1CD55

13.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E1CD55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E1CD55	1.00	1.61	13.07	13.07
#FFFFFF	1.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DFC847

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5CF5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F1BFB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e1cd55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 205, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.3% 0.140 99.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eedb8a',
    500: '#e1cd55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e1cd55;
$custom-light: #eedb8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e1cd55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.429,
    "s": 70,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84257,
    "c": 0.14028,
    "h": 99.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.60326
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E1CD55

secondary

#3847A3

accent

#2FD214

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E1CD55

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

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