#E1D259#E1D259

#E1D259 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.628; OKLCH L 85.3% C 0.141 H 102.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E1D259
RGB	rgb(225, 210, 89)
HSL	hsl(53, 69%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(53, 60%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.7%, 60.4%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.35, -9.31, 60.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.35, 60.97, 98.78°)
OKLab	oklab(85.33% -0.0301 0.1382)
OKLCH	oklch(85.33% 0.141 102.3)
XYZ	xyz(55.9032, 62.8242, 18.6308)
Luminance	0.6282 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E1D259 #5968E1

analogous

#E18E59 #E1D259 #ACE159

triadic

#E1D259 #59E1D2 #D259E1

tetradic

#E1D259 #59E18E #5968E1 #E159AC

square

#E1D259 #59E18E #5968E1 #E159AC

split-complementary

#E1D259 #59ACE1 #8E59E1

monochromatic

#A2941D #D6C327 #E1D259 #EAE08D #F4EEC1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.55

#E1D259 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.56

#E1D259 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E1D259

13.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E1D259	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E1D259	1.00	1.55	13.56	13.56
#FFFFFF	1.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E4CC4B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8D35F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F1C5B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e1d259;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 210, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.3% 0.141 102.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eddf8c',
    500: '#e1d259',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e1d259;
$custom-light: #eddf8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e1d259",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.382,
    "s": 69.388,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85327,
    "c": 0.14141,
    "h": 102.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.62822
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E1D259

secondary

#3945A5

accent

#29D114

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E1D259

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

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