#E1D256#E1D256

#E1D256 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.628; OKLCH L 85.3% C 0.144 H 102.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E1D256
RGB	rgb(225, 210, 86)
HSL	hsl(54, 70%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(54, 62%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.7%, 61.8%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.32, -9.50, 61.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.32, 62.25, 98.78°)
OKLab	oklab(85.3% -0.0309 0.1405)
OKLCH	oklch(85.3% 0.144 102.4)
XYZ	xyz(55.7798, 62.7748, 17.9808)
Luminance	0.6277 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E1D256 #5665E1

analogous

#E18C56 #E1D256 #AAE156

triadic

#E1D256 #56E1D2 #D256E1

tetradic

#E1D256 #56E18C #5665E1 #E156AA

square

#E1D256 #56E18C #5665E1 #E156AA

split-complementary

#E1D256 #56AAE1 #8C56E1

monochromatic

#A0921C #D4C126 #E1D256 #EAE08A #F3EEBE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.55

#E1D256 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.55

#E1D256 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E1D256

13.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E1D256	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E1D256	1.00	1.55	13.55	13.55
#FFFFFF	1.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E4CC48

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8D35D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F1C4B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e1d256;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 210, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.3% 0.144 102.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eddf8b',
    500: '#e1d256',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e1d256;
$custom-light: #eddf8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e1d256",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.525,
    "s": 69.849,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85298,
    "c": 0.14382,
    "h": 102.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.62773
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E1D256

secondary

#3844A3

accent

#28D214

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E1D256

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

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