#E1D161#E1D161

#E1D161 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.625; OKLCH L 85.2% C 0.134 H 101.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E1D161
RGB	rgb(225, 209, 97)
HSL	hsl(53, 68%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(53, 57%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.1%, 56.9%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.16, -8.24, 56.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.16, 57.10, 98.30°)
OKLab	oklab(85.2% -0.0261 0.1312)
OKLCH	oklch(85.2% 0.134 101.3)
XYZ	xyz(56.0114, 62.4737, 20.4152)
Luminance	0.6247 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E1D161 #6171E1

analogous

#E19161 #E1D161 #B1E161

triadic

#E1D161 #61E1D1 #D161E1

tetradic

#E1D161 #61E191 #6171E1 #E161B1

square

#E1D161 #61E191 #6171E1 #E161B1

split-complementary

#E1D161 #61B1E1 #9161E1

monochromatic

#A89720 #D7C22E #E1D161 #EBE094 #F5EFC8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.56

#E1D161 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.49

#E1D161 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E1D161

13.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E1D161	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E1D161	1.00	1.56	13.49	13.49
#FFFFFF	1.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E2CB56

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E7D267

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F0C4B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e1d161;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 209, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.2% 0.134 101.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edde91',
    500: '#e1d161',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e1d161;
$custom-light: #edde91;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e1d161",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.5,
    "s": 68.085,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85204,
    "c": 0.13372,
    "h": 101.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.62472
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E1D161

secondary

#3C4AAA

accent

#2DD015

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E1D161

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

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