#E1D356#E1D356
#E1D356 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.633; OKLCH L 85.5% C 0.145 H 102.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E1D356 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(225, 211, 86) |
| HSL | hsl(54, 70%, 61%) |
| HSV | hsv(54, 62%, 88%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 6.2%, 61.8%, 11.8%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(83.58, -10.01, 61.80) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(83.58, 62.61, 99.20°) |
| OKLab | oklab(85.51% -0.0324 0.1411) |
| OKLCH | oklch(85.51% 0.145 102.9) |
| XYZ | xyz(56.0274, 63.2701, 18.0634) |
| Luminance | 0.6327 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Dull Yellow
#EEDC5B
ΔE00 2.48
Piss Yellow
#DDD618
ΔE00 4.80
Sand Yellow
#FCE166
ΔE00 5.00
Sandy
#F1DA7A
ΔE00 5.02
Dirty Yellow
#CDC50A
ΔE00 5.60
Light Mustard
#F7D560
ΔE00 5.60
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E1D356 #5664E1
analogous
#E18D56 #E1D356 #A9E156
triadic
#E1D356 #56E1D3 #D356E1
tetradic
#E1D356 #56E18D #5664E1 #E156A9
square
#E1D356 #56E18D #5664E1 #E156A9
split-complementary
#E1D356 #56A9E1 #8D56E1
monochromatic
#A0931C #D4C326 #E1D356 #EAE18A #F3EEBE
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.54
#E1D356 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
13.65
#E1D356 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E1D356
13.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E1D356 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E1D356 | 1.00 | 1.54 | 13.65 | 13.65 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.54 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 13.65 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 13.65 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#E5CD47
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#E9D35D
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F1C5B8
Achromatopsia (no color)
#D0D0D0
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e1d356; /* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 211, 86); /* oklch */ color: oklch(85.5% 0.145 102.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#ede08b',
500: '#e1d356',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e1d356; $custom-light: #ede08b; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e1d356",
"rgb": {
"r": 225,
"g": 211,
"b": 86
},
"hsl": {
"h": 53.957,
"s": 69.849,
"l": 60.98
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.85505,
"c": 0.14472,
"h": 102.9
},
"luminance": 0.63268
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E1D356
secondary
#3843A3
accent
#27D214
background
#FFFEFC
surface
#FEFCF4
border
#D6D5CE
text
#17150C
muted
#85847F