#E1D549#E1D549

#E1D549 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.641; OKLCH L 85.8% C 0.156 H 104.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E1D549
RGB	rgb(225, 213, 73)
HSL	hsl(55, 72%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(55, 68%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.3%, 67.6%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.01, -11.77, 67.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.01, 68.53, 99.89°)
OKLab	oklab(85.81% -0.0388 0.1511)
OKLCH	oklch(85.81% 0.156 104.4)
XYZ	xyz(56.0504, 64.0792, 15.7181)
Luminance	0.6408 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E1D549 #4955E1

analogous

#E18949 #E1D549 #A1E149

triadic

#E1D549 #49E1D5 #D549E1

tetradic

#E1D549 #49E189 #4955E1 #E149A1

square

#E1D549 #49E189 #4955E1 #E149A1

split-complementary

#E1D549 #49A1E1 #8949E1

monochromatic

#978D19 #CBBE22 #E1D549 #EAE17E #F2EDB2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.52

#E1D549 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.82

#E1D549 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E1D549

13.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E1D549	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E1D549	1.00	1.52	13.82	13.82
#FFFFFF	1.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E7CE35

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EBD452

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F1C7B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e1d549;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 213, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.8% 0.156 104.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eee183',
    500: '#e1d549',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e1d549;
$custom-light: #eee183;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e1d549",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.263,
    "s": 71.698,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85809,
    "c": 0.15603,
    "h": 104.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.64077
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E1D549

secondary

#333C9B

accent

#48EE39

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFCF2

border

#D6D5CC

text

#17150B

muted

#85847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E1D549

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

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