#E1D15B#E1D15B

#E1D15B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.624; OKLCH L 85.1% C 0.139 H 101.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E1D15B
RGB	rgb(225, 209, 91)
HSL	hsl(53, 69%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(53, 60%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.1%, 59.6%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.11, -8.67, 59.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.11, 59.75, 98.34°)
OKLab	oklab(85.14% -0.028 0.136)
OKLCH	oklch(85.14% 0.139 101.6)
XYZ	xyz(55.7422, 62.3660, 18.9971)
Luminance	0.6236 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E1D15B #5B6BE1

analogous

#E18E5B #E1D15B #AEE15B

triadic

#E1D15B #5BE1D1 #D15BE1

tetradic

#E1D15B #5BE18E #5B6BE1 #E15BAE

square

#E1D15B #5BE18E #5B6BE1 #E15BAE

split-complementary

#E1D15B #5BAEE1 #8E5BE1

monochromatic

#A4941E #D7C227 #E1D15B #EAE08F #F4EEC2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.56

#E1D15B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.47

#E1D15B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E1D15B

13.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E1D15B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E1D15B	1.00	1.56	13.47	13.47
#FFFFFF	1.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E3CB4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E7D261

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F1C4B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e1d15b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 209, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.1% 0.139 101.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edde8e',
    500: '#e1d15b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e1d15b;
$custom-light: #edde8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e1d15b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.836,
    "s": 69.072,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8514,
    "c": 0.13886,
    "h": 101.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.62364
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E1D15B

secondary

#3A47A6

accent

#2BD114

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E1D15B

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

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