#E1D055#E1D055

#E1D055 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.618; OKLCH L 84.9% C 0.143 H 101.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E1D055
RGB	rgb(225, 208, 85)
HSL	hsl(53, 70%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(53, 62%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.6%, 62.2%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.79, -8.56, 61.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.79, 61.97, 97.94°)
OKLab	oklab(84.88% -0.0284 0.14)
OKLCH	oklch(84.88% 0.143 101.5)
XYZ	xyz(55.2491, 61.7774, 17.6066)
Luminance	0.6178 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E1D055 #5566E1

analogous

#E18A55 #E1D055 #ACE155

triadic

#E1D055 #55E1D0 #D055E1

tetradic

#E1D055 #55E18A #5566E1 #E155AC

square

#E1D055 #55E18A #5566E1 #E155AC

split-complementary

#E1D055 #55ACE1 #8A55E1

monochromatic

#9F901C #D3BE25 #E1D055 #EADE89 #F3EDBD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.57

#E1D055 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.36

#E1D055 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E1D055

13.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E1D055	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E1D055	1.00	1.57	13.36	13.36
#FFFFFF	1.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E2CA47

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E7D15C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F1C2B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e1d055;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 208, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.9% 0.143 101.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eede8a',
    500: '#e1d055',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e1d055;
$custom-light: #eede8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e1d055",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 208,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.714,
    "s": 70,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84875,
    "c": 0.14284,
    "h": 101.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.61775
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E1D055

secondary

#3845A3

accent

#2BD214

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E1D055

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

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