#E1D14E#E1D14E

#E1D14E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.622; OKLCH L 85.0% C 0.149 H 102.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E1D14E
RGB	rgb(225, 209, 78)
HSL	hsl(53, 71%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(53, 65%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.1%, 65.3%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.00, -9.48, 64.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.00, 65.20, 98.37°)
OKLab	oklab(85.02% -0.0318 0.1456)
OKLCH	oklch(85.02% 0.149 102.3)
XYZ	xyz(55.2292, 62.1608, 16.2953)
Luminance	0.6216 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E1D14E #4E5EE1

analogous

#E1874E #E1D14E #A8E14E

triadic

#E1D14E #4EE1D1 #D14EE1

tetradic

#E1D14E #4EE187 #4E5EE1 #E14EA8

square

#E1D14E #4EE187 #4E5EE1 #E14EA8

split-complementary

#E1D14E #4EA8E1 #874EE1

monochromatic

#9A8C1A #CFBC23 #E1D14E #EADF82 #F3ECB7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.56

#E1D14E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.43

#E1D14E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E1D14E

13.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E1D14E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E1D14E	1.00	1.56	13.43	13.43
#FFFFFF	1.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E3CB3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8D256

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F1C3B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e1d14e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 209, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.0% 0.149 102.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eede86',
    500: '#e1d14e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e1d14e;
$custom-light: #eede86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e1d14e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.469,
    "s": 71.014,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85019,
    "c": 0.14901,
    "h": 102.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.62159
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E1D14E

secondary

#35419E

accent

#4EEE3A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF3

border

#D6D5CD

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E1D14E

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

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