#E1D155#E1D155

#E1D155 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.623; OKLCH L 85.1% C 0.144 H 102.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E1D155
RGB	rgb(225, 209, 85)
HSL	hsl(53, 70%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(53, 62%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.1%, 62.2%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.06, -9.06, 61.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.06, 62.32, 98.36°)
OKLab	oklab(85.08% -0.0298 0.1406)
OKLCH	oklch(85.08% 0.144 102)
XYZ	xyz(55.4936, 62.2666, 17.6881)
Luminance	0.6226 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E1D155 #5565E1

analogous

#E18B55 #E1D155 #ABE155

triadic

#E1D155 #55E1D1 #D155E1

tetradic

#E1D155 #55E18B #5565E1 #E155AB

square

#E1D155 #55E18B #5565E1 #E155AB

split-complementary

#E1D155 #55ABE1 #8B55E1

monochromatic

#9F901C #D3C025 #E1D155 #EADF89 #F3EDBD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.56

#E1D155 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.45

#E1D155 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E1D155

13.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E1D155	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E1D155	1.00	1.56	13.45	13.45
#FFFFFF	1.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E3CB46

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8D25C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F1C3B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e1d155;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 209, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.1% 0.144 102.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eede8a',
    500: '#e1d155',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e1d155;
$custom-light: #eede8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e1d155",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.143,
    "s": 70,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85082,
    "c": 0.14372,
    "h": 102
  },
  "luminance": 0.62264
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E1D155

secondary

#3844A3

accent

#29D214

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E1D155

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

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