#E1D545#E1D545

#E1D545 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.640; OKLCH L 85.8% C 0.159 H 104.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E1D545
RGB	rgb(225, 213, 69)
HSL	hsl(55, 72%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(55, 69%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.3%, 69.3%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.98, -11.98, 68.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.98, 70.02, 99.85°)
OKLab	oklab(85.78% -0.0398 0.1536)
OKLCH	oklch(85.78% 0.159 104.5)
XYZ	xyz(55.9220, 64.0279, 15.0420)
Luminance	0.6403 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E1D545 #4551E1

analogous

#E18745 #E1D545 #9FE145

triadic

#E1D545 #45E1D5 #D545E1

tetradic

#E1D545 #45E187 #4551E1 #E1459F

square

#E1D545 #45E187 #4551E1 #E1459F

split-complementary

#E1D545 #459FE1 #8745E1

monochromatic

#948A18 #C8BC20 #E1D545 #E9E17A #F2EDAE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.52

#E1D545 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.81

#E1D545 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E1D545

13.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E1D545	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E1D545	1.00	1.52	13.81	13.81
#FFFFFF	1.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E7CE2E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ECD44F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F1C7B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e1d545;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 213, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.8% 0.159 104.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eee181',
    500: '#e1d545',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e1d545;
$custom-light: #eee181;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e1d545",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.385,
    "s": 72.222,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85779,
    "c": 0.15866,
    "h": 104.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.64026
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E1D545

secondary

#323A98

accent

#47EF39

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFCF2

border

#D6D5CC

text

#17150B

muted

#85847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E1D545

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

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