#E1D55D#E1D55D

#E1D55D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.644; OKLCH L 86.0% C 0.141 H 103.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E1D55D
RGB	rgb(225, 213, 93)
HSL	hsl(55, 69%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(55, 59%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.3%, 58.7%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.17, -10.55, 59.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.17, 60.34, 100.07°)
OKLab	oklab(85.99% -0.0331 0.1369)
OKLCH	oklch(85.99% 0.141 103.6)
XYZ	xyz(56.8233, 64.3884, 19.7888)
Luminance	0.6439 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E1D55D #5D69E1

analogous

#E1935D #E1D55D #ABE15D

triadic

#E1D55D #5DE1D5 #D55DE1

tetradic

#E1D55D #5DE193 #5D69E1 #E15DAB

square

#E1D55D #5DE193 #5D69E1 #E15DAB

split-complementary

#E1D55D #5DABE1 #935DE1

monochromatic

#A5991F #D7C829 #E1D55D #EBE291 #F4F0C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.51

#E1D55D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.88

#E1D55D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E1D55D

13.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E1D55D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E1D55D	1.00	1.51	13.88	13.88
#FFFFFF	1.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E6CE50

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EAD563

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F0C8BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e1d55d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 213, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.0% 0.141 103.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ede18f',
    500: '#e1d55d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e1d55d;
$custom-light: #ede18f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e1d55d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.545,
    "s": 68.75,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85988,
    "c": 0.14086,
    "h": 103.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.64386
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E1D55D

secondary

#3B45A8

accent

#26D115

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E1D55D

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

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