#E1D261#E1D261

#E1D261 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.630; OKLCH L 85.4% C 0.135 H 101.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E1D261
RGB	rgb(225, 210, 97)
HSL	hsl(53, 68%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(53, 57%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.7%, 56.9%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.42, -8.75, 56.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.42, 57.47, 98.75°)
OKLab	oklab(85.41% -0.0276 0.1318)
OKLCH	oklch(85.41% 0.135 101.8)
XYZ	xyz(56.2576, 62.9659, 20.4972)
Luminance	0.6296 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E1D261 #6170E1

analogous

#E19261 #E1D261 #B0E161

triadic

#E1D261 #61E1D2 #D261E1

tetradic

#E1D261 #61E192 #6170E1 #E161B0

square

#E1D261 #61E192 #6170E1 #E161B0

split-complementary

#E1D261 #61B0E1 #9261E1

monochromatic

#A89820 #D7C32E #E1D261 #EBE194 #F5EFC8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.54

#E1D261 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.59

#E1D261 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E1D261

13.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E1D261	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E1D261	1.00	1.54	13.59	13.59
#FFFFFF	1.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E3CC55

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8D367

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F0C5B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e1d261;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 210, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.4% 0.135 101.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eddf91',
    500: '#e1d261',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e1d261;
$custom-light: #eddf91;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e1d261",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.969,
    "s": 68.085,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8541,
    "c": 0.13463,
    "h": 101.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.62964
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E1D261

secondary

#3C49AA

accent

#2BD015

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E1D261

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

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