#E1CD65#E1CD65

#E1CD65 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.606; OKLCH L 84.4% C 0.127 H 98.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E1CD65
RGB	rgb(225, 205, 101)
HSL	hsl(50, 67%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(50, 55%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.9%, 55.1%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.17, -5.90, 53.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.17, 53.85, 96.29°)
OKLab	oklab(84.43% -0.0189 0.1252)
OKLCH	oklch(84.43% 0.127 98.6)
XYZ	xyz(55.2336, 60.6120, 21.0993)
Luminance	0.6061 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E1CD65 #6579E1

analogous

#E18F65 #E1CD65 #B7E165

triadic

#E1CD65 #65E1CD #CD65E1

tetradic

#E1CD65 #65E18F #6579E1 #E165B7

square

#E1CD65 #65E18F #6579E1 #E165B7

split-complementary

#E1CD65 #65B7E1 #8F65E1

monochromatic

#AA9421 #D7BC32 #E1CD65 #EBDE98 #F5EECB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.60

#E1CD65 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.12

#E1CD65 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E1CD65

13.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E1CD65	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E1CD65	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)

#DEC85B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4D06A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F0C0B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e1cd65;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 205, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.4% 0.127 98.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eddc94',
    500: '#e1cd65',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e1cd65;
$custom-light: #eddc94;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e1cd65",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.323,
    "s": 67.391,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84428,
    "c": 0.1266,
    "h": 98.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.6061
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E1CD65

secondary

#3E50AC

accent

#34CF16

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E1CD65

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

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