#E1D557#E1D557

#E1D557 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.643; OKLCH L 85.9% C 0.146 H 103.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E1D557
RGB	rgb(225, 213, 87)
HSL	hsl(55, 70%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(55, 61%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.3%, 61.3%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.11, -10.95, 61.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.11, 62.91, 100.02°)
OKLab	oklab(85.93% -0.035 0.1415)
OKLCH	oklch(85.93% 0.146 103.9)
XYZ	xyz(56.5679, 64.2862, 18.4437)
Luminance	0.6428 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E1D557 #5763E1

analogous

#E19057 #E1D557 #A8E157

triadic

#E1D557 #57E1D5 #D557E1

tetradic

#E1D557 #57E190 #5763E1 #E157A8

square

#E1D557 #57E190 #5763E1 #E157A8

split-complementary

#E1D557 #57A8E1 #9057E1

monochromatic

#A1951D #D5C626 #E1D557 #EAE28B #F4EFBF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.52

#E1D557 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.86

#E1D557 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E1D557

13.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E1D557	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E1D557	1.00	1.52	13.86	13.86
#FFFFFF	1.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E7CE48

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EBD55E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F1C8BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e1d557;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 213, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.9% 0.146 103.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ede18b',
    500: '#e1d557',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e1d557;
$custom-light: #ede18b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e1d557",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.783,
    "s": 69.697,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85929,
    "c": 0.14575,
    "h": 103.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.64284
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E1D557

secondary

#3842A4

accent

#24D214

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E1D557

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

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