#E1D451#E1D451

#E1D451 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.637; OKLCH L 85.7% C 0.149 H 103.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E1D451
RGB	rgb(225, 212, 81)
HSL	hsl(55, 71%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(55, 64%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.8%, 64%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.80, -10.82, 64.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.80, 65.03, 99.58°)
OKLab	oklab(85.67% -0.0352 0.1452)
OKLCH	oklch(85.67% 0.149 103.6)
XYZ	xyz(56.0822, 63.6907, 17.1224)
Luminance	0.6369 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E1D451 #515EE1

analogous

#E18C51 #E1D451 #A6E151

triadic

#E1D451 #51E1D4 #D451E1

tetradic

#E1D451 #51E18C #515EE1 #E151A6

square

#E1D451 #51E18C #515EE1 #E151A6

split-complementary

#E1D451 #51A6E1 #8C51E1

monochromatic

#9D911B #D1C124 #E1D451 #EAE185 #F3EEB9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.53

#E1D451 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.74

#E1D451 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E1D451

13.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E1D451	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E1D451	1.00	1.53	13.74	13.74
#FFFFFF	1.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E6CD40

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EAD459

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F1C6B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e1d451;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 212, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.7% 0.149 103.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eee088',
    500: '#e1d451',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e1d451;
$custom-light: #eee088;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e1d451",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.583,
    "s": 70.588,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85667,
    "c": 0.14946,
    "h": 103.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.63689
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E1D451

secondary

#3640A0

accent

#4BED3A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E1D451

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

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