#E1D551#E1D551

#E1D551 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.642; OKLCH L 85.9% C 0.150 H 104.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E1D551
RGB	rgb(225, 213, 81)
HSL	hsl(55, 71%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(55, 64%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.3%, 64%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.07, -11.32, 64.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.07, 65.39, 99.97°)
OKLab	oklab(85.88% -0.0367 0.1458)
OKLCH	oklch(85.88% 0.15 104.1)
XYZ	xyz(56.3329, 64.1922, 17.2060)
Luminance	0.6419 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E1D551 #515DE1

analogous

#E18D51 #E1D551 #A5E151

triadic

#E1D551 #51E1D5 #D551E1

tetradic

#E1D551 #51E18D #515DE1 #E151A5

square

#E1D551 #51E18D #515DE1 #E151A5

split-complementary

#E1D551 #51A5E1 #8D51E1

monochromatic

#9D921B #D1C224 #E1D551 #EAE285 #F3EEB9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.52

#E1D551 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.84

#E1D551 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E1D551

13.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E1D551	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E1D551	1.00	1.52	13.84	13.84
#FFFFFF	1.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E7CE40

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EBD559

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F1C7BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e1d551;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 213, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.9% 0.150 104.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eee188',
    500: '#e1d551',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e1d551;
$custom-light: #eee188;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e1d551",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55,
    "s": 70.588,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85875,
    "c": 0.15036,
    "h": 104.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.6419
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E1D551

secondary

#363FA0

accent

#49ED3A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E1D551

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

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