#E1D459#E1D459

#E1D459 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.638; OKLCH L 85.7% C 0.143 H 103.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E1D459
RGB	rgb(225, 212, 89)
HSL	hsl(54, 69%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(54, 60%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.8%, 60.4%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.87, -10.32, 60.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.87, 61.70, 99.62°)
OKLab	oklab(85.74% -0.0329 0.1394)
OKLCH	oklch(85.74% 0.143 103.3)
XYZ	xyz(56.4000, 63.8179, 18.7964)
Luminance	0.6382 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E1D459 #5966E1

analogous

#E19059 #E1D459 #AAE159

triadic

#E1D459 #59E1D4 #D459E1

tetradic

#E1D459 #59E190 #5966E1 #E159AA

square

#E1D459 #59E190 #5966E1 #E159AA

split-complementary

#E1D459 #59AAE1 #9059E1

monochromatic

#A2961D #D6C527 #E1D459 #EAE18D #F4EFC1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.53

#E1D459 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.76

#E1D459 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E1D459

13.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E1D459	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E1D459	1.00	1.53	13.76	13.76
#FFFFFF	1.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E5CD4B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EAD460

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F1C7BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e1d459;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 212, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.7% 0.143 103.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ede08d',
    500: '#e1d459',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e1d459;
$custom-light: #ede08d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e1d459",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.265,
    "s": 69.388,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85741,
    "c": 0.14323,
    "h": 103.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.63816
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E1D459

secondary

#3943A5

accent

#26D114

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E1D459

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

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