#E1D74B#E1D74B

#E1D74B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.651; OKLCH L 86.2% C 0.156 H 105.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E1D74B
RGB	rgb(225, 215, 75)
HSL	hsl(56, 71%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(56, 67%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.4%, 66.7%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.54, -12.66, 67.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.54, 68.47, 100.66°)
OKLab	oklab(86.24% -0.0411 0.151)
OKLCH	oklch(86.24% 0.156 105.2)
XYZ	xyz(56.6240, 65.1185, 16.2417)
Luminance	0.6512 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E1D74B #4B55E1

analogous

#E18C4B #E1D74B #A0E14B

triadic

#E1D74B #4BE1D7 #D74BE1

tetradic

#E1D74B #4BE18C #4B55E1 #E14BA0

square

#E1D74B #4BE18C #4B55E1 #E14BA0

split-complementary

#E1D74B #4BA0E1 #8C4BE1

monochromatic

#989019 #CDC122 #E1D74B #EAE37F #F2EEB4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.50

#E1D74B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.02

#E1D74B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E1D74B

14.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E1D74B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E1D74B	1.00	1.50	14.02	14.02
#FFFFFF	1.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E9D037

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EDD654

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F1C9BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e1d74b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 215, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.2% 0.156 105.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eee385',
    500: '#e1d74b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e1d74b;
$custom-light: #eee385;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e1d74b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 215,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86241,
    "c": 0.15648,
    "h": 105.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.65116
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E1D74B

secondary

#343B9C

accent

#46EE3A

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFCF2

border

#D6D5CC

text

#17150B

muted

#85847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E1D74B

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

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