#E1D55E#E1D55E

#E1D55E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.644; OKLCH L 86.0% C 0.140 H 103.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E1D55E
RGB	rgb(225, 213, 94)
HSL	hsl(55, 69%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(55, 58%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.3%, 58.2%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.18, -10.48, 58.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.18, 59.91, 100.07°)
OKLab	oklab(86% -0.0328 0.1361)
OKLCH	oklch(86% 0.14 103.6)
XYZ	xyz(56.8679, 64.4062, 20.0236)
Luminance	0.6440 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E1D55E #5E6AE1

analogous

#E1945E #E1D55E #ABE15E

triadic

#E1D55E #5EE1D5 #D55EE1

tetradic

#E1D55E #5EE194 #5E6AE1 #E15EAB

square

#E1D55E #5EE194 #5E6AE1 #E15EAB

split-complementary

#E1D55E #5EABE1 #945EE1

monochromatic

#A6991F #D7C82A #E1D55E #EBE292 #F4F0C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.51

#E1D55E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.88

#E1D55E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E1D55E

13.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E1D55E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E1D55E	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)

#E6CE51

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EAD564

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F0C8BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e1d55e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 213, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.0% 0.140 103.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ede190',
    500: '#e1d55e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e1d55e;
$custom-light: #ede190;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e1d55e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.504,
    "s": 68.586,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85998,
    "c": 0.14001,
    "h": 103.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.64404
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E1D55E

secondary

#3B45A8

accent

#26D115

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E1D55E

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

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