#E1D461#E1D461

#E1D461 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.640; OKLCH L 85.8% C 0.136 H 102.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E1D461
RGB	rgb(225, 212, 97)
HSL	hsl(54, 68%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(54, 57%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.8%, 56.9%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.94, -9.76, 57.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.94, 58.21, 99.65°)
OKLab	oklab(85.82% -0.0304 0.1331)
OKLCH	oklch(85.82% 0.136 102.9)
XYZ	xyz(56.7544, 63.9596, 20.6628)
Luminance	0.6396 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E1D461 #616EE1

analogous

#E19461 #E1D461 #AEE161

triadic

#E1D461 #61E1D4 #D461E1

tetradic

#E1D461 #61E194 #616EE1 #E161AE

square

#E1D461 #61E194 #616EE1 #E161AE

split-complementary

#E1D461 #61AEE1 #9461E1

monochromatic

#A89A20 #D7C62E #E1D461 #EBE294 #F5F0C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.52

#E1D461 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.79

#E1D461 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E1D461

13.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E1D461	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E1D461	1.00	1.52	13.79	13.79
#FFFFFF	1.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E5CE55

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D467

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F0C7BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e1d461;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 212, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.8% 0.136 102.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ede192',
    500: '#e1d461',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e1d461;
$custom-light: #ede192;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e1d461",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.906,
    "s": 68.085,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85823,
    "c": 0.13649,
    "h": 102.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.63958
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E1D461

secondary

#3C47AA

accent

#28D015

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E1D461

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

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