#E1D561#E1D561

#E1D561 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.645; OKLCH L 86.0% C 0.137 H 103.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E1D561
RGB	rgb(225, 213, 97)
HSL	hsl(54, 68%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(54, 57%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.3%, 56.9%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.21, -10.26, 57.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.21, 58.59, 100.09°)
OKLab	oklab(86.03% -0.0319 0.1337)
OKLCH	oklch(86.03% 0.137 103.4)
XYZ	xyz(57.0052, 64.4611, 20.7464)
Luminance	0.6446 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E1D561 #616DE1

analogous

#E19561 #E1D561 #ADE161

triadic

#E1D561 #61E1D5 #D561E1

tetradic

#E1D561 #61E195 #616DE1 #E161AD

square

#E1D561 #61E195 #616DE1 #E161AD

split-complementary

#E1D561 #61ADE1 #9561E1

monochromatic

#A89B20 #D7C72E #E1D561 #EBE394 #F5F0C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.51

#E1D561 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.89

#E1D561 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E1D561

13.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E1D561	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E1D561	1.00	1.51	13.89	13.89
#FFFFFF	1.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E6CF55

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EAD567

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F0C8BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e1d561;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 213, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.0% 0.137 103.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ede192',
    500: '#e1d561',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e1d561;
$custom-light: #ede192;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e1d561",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.375,
    "s": 68.085,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8603,
    "c": 0.13743,
    "h": 103.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.64459
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E1D561

secondary

#3C47AA

accent

#27D015

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E1D561

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

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