#E1D151#E1D151

#E1D151 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.622; OKLCH L 85.0% C 0.147 H 102.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E1D151
RGB	rgb(225, 209, 81)
HSL	hsl(53, 71%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(53, 64%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.1%, 64%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.02, -9.31, 63.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.02, 63.98, 98.37°)
OKLab	oklab(85.05% -0.0309 0.1435)
OKLCH	oklch(85.05% 0.147 102.2)
XYZ	xyz(55.3392, 62.2048, 16.8747)
Luminance	0.6220 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E1D151 #5161E1

analogous

#E18951 #E1D151 #A9E151

triadic

#E1D151 #51E1D1 #D151E1

tetradic

#E1D151 #51E189 #5161E1 #E151A9

square

#E1D151 #51E189 #5161E1 #E151A9

split-complementary

#E1D151 #51A9E1 #8951E1

monochromatic

#9D8E1B #D1BE24 #E1D151 #EADF85 #F3EDB9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.56

#E1D151 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.44

#E1D151 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E1D151

13.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E1D151	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E1D151	1.00	1.56	13.44	13.44
#FFFFFF	1.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E3CB41

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8D258

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F1C3B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e1d151;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 209, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.0% 0.147 102.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eede88',
    500: '#e1d151',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e1d151;
$custom-light: #eede88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e1d151",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.333,
    "s": 70.588,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85045,
    "c": 0.14679,
    "h": 102.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.62203
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E1D151

secondary

#3642A0

accent

#4EED3A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E1D151

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

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