#E1D555#E1D555

#E1D555 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.643; OKLCH L 85.9% C 0.147 H 104.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E1D555
RGB	rgb(225, 213, 85)
HSL	hsl(55, 70%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(55, 62%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.3%, 62.2%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.10, -11.08, 62.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.10, 63.75, 100.01°)
OKLab	oklab(85.91% -0.0355 0.143)
OKLCH	oklch(85.91% 0.147 104)
XYZ	xyz(56.4874, 64.2540, 18.0193)
Luminance	0.6425 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E1D555 #5561E1

analogous

#E18F55 #E1D555 #A7E155

triadic

#E1D555 #55E1D5 #D555E1

tetradic

#E1D555 #55E18F #5561E1 #E155A7

square

#E1D555 #55E18F #5561E1 #E155A7

split-complementary

#E1D555 #55A7E1 #8F55E1

monochromatic

#9F941C #D3C525 #E1D555 #EAE289 #F3EFBD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.52

#E1D555 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.85

#E1D555 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E1D555

13.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E1D555	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E1D555	1.00	1.52	13.85	13.85
#FFFFFF	1.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E7CE46

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EBD55C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F1C7BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e1d555;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 213, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.9% 0.147 104.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ede18a',
    500: '#e1d555',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e1d555;
$custom-light: #ede18a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e1d555",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.857,
    "s": 70,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8591,
    "c": 0.14732,
    "h": 104
  },
  "luminance": 0.64252
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E1D555

secondary

#3841A3

accent

#24D214

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E1D555

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

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