#E1D659#E1D659

#E1D659 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.648; OKLCH L 86.2% C 0.145 H 104.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E1D659
RGB	rgb(225, 214, 89)
HSL	hsl(55, 69%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(55, 60%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.9%, 60.4%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.39, -11.32, 61.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.39, 62.43, 100.45°)
OKLab	oklab(86.16% -0.0358 0.1406)
OKLCH	oklch(86.16% 0.145 104.3)
XYZ	xyz(56.9031, 64.8240, 18.9641)
Luminance	0.6482 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E1D659 #5964E1

analogous

#E19259 #E1D659 #A8E159

triadic

#E1D659 #59E1D6 #D659E1

tetradic

#E1D659 #59E192 #5964E1 #E159A8

square

#E1D659 #59E192 #5964E1 #E159A8

split-complementary

#E1D659 #59A8E1 #9259E1

monochromatic

#A2981D #D6C827 #E1D659 #EAE38D #F4F0C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.50

#E1D659 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.96

#E1D659 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E1D659

13.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E1D659	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E1D659	1.00	1.50	13.96	13.96
#FFFFFF	1.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E7CF4B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EBD560

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F1C9BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e1d659;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 214, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.2% 0.145 104.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ede28d',
    500: '#e1d659',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e1d659;
$custom-light: #ede28d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e1d659",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.147,
    "s": 69.388,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86156,
    "c": 0.14509,
    "h": 104.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.64822
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E1D659

secondary

#3942A5

accent

#23D114

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E1D659

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

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