#E1D556#E1D556

#E1D556 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.643; OKLCH L 85.9% C 0.147 H 103.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E1D556
RGB	rgb(225, 213, 86)
HSL	hsl(55, 70%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(55, 62%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.3%, 61.8%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.11, -11.01, 62.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.11, 63.33, 100.02°)
OKLab	oklab(85.92% -0.0352 0.1422)
OKLCH	oklch(85.92% 0.147 103.9)
XYZ	xyz(56.5274, 64.2700, 18.2300)
Luminance	0.6427 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E1D556 #5662E1

analogous

#E18F56 #E1D556 #A7E156

triadic

#E1D556 #56E1D5 #D556E1

tetradic

#E1D556 #56E18F #5662E1 #E156A7

square

#E1D556 #56E18F #5662E1 #E156A7

split-complementary

#E1D556 #56A7E1 #8F56E1

monochromatic

#A0951C #D4C526 #E1D556 #EAE28A #F3EFBE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.52

#E1D556 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.85

#E1D556 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E1D556

13.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E1D556	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E1D556	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)

#E7CE47

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EBD55D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F1C7BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e1d556;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 213, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.9% 0.147 103.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ede18b',
    500: '#e1d556',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e1d556;
$custom-light: #ede18b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e1d556",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.82,
    "s": 69.849,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8592,
    "c": 0.14654,
    "h": 103.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.64268
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E1D556

secondary

#3841A3

accent

#24D214

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E1D556

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

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