#E1CD59#E1CD59

#E1CD59 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.604; OKLCH L 84.3% C 0.137 H 99.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E1CD59
RGB	rgb(225, 205, 89)
HSL	hsl(51, 69%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(51, 60%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.9%, 60.4%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.05, -6.77, 58.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.05, 59.22, 96.56°)
OKLab	oklab(84.3% -0.0228 0.1351)
OKLCH	oklch(84.3% 0.137 99.6)
XYZ	xyz(54.6880, 60.3938, 18.2258)
Luminance	0.6039 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E1CD59 #596DE1

analogous

#E18959 #E1CD59 #B1E159

triadic

#E1CD59 #59E1CD #CD59E1

tetradic

#E1CD59 #59E189 #596DE1 #E159B1

square

#E1CD59 #59E189 #596DE1 #E159B1

split-complementary

#E1CD59 #59B1E1 #8959E1

monochromatic

#A28F1D #D6BC27 #E1CD59 #EADD8D #F4ECC1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.61

#E1CD59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.08

#E1CD59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E1CD59

13.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E1CD59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E1CD59	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)

#DFC84C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4CF5F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F1BFB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e1cd59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 205, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.3% 0.137 99.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eddc8c',
    500: '#e1cd59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e1cd59;
$custom-light: #eddc8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e1cd59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.176,
    "s": 69.388,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84297,
    "c": 0.13705,
    "h": 99.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.60391
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E1CD59

secondary

#3949A5

accent

#30D114

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E1CD59

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

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