#E1D74D#E1D74D

#E1D74D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.651; OKLCH L 86.3% C 0.155 H 105.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E1D74D
RGB	rgb(225, 215, 77)
HSL	hsl(56, 71%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(56, 66%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.4%, 65.8%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.56, -12.55, 66.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.56, 67.69, 100.69°)
OKLab	oklab(86.26% -0.0406 0.1497)
OKLCH	oklch(86.26% 0.155 105.2)
XYZ	xyz(56.6935, 65.1463, 16.6079)
Luminance	0.6514 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E1D74D #4D57E1

analogous

#E18D4D #E1D74D #A1E14D

triadic

#E1D74D #4DE1D7 #D74DE1

tetradic

#E1D74D #4DE18D #4D57E1 #E14DA1

square

#E1D74D #4DE18D #4D57E1 #E14DA1

split-complementary

#E1D74D #4DA1E1 #8D4DE1

monochromatic

#9A911A #CEC223 #E1D74D #EAE381 #F3EFB6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.50

#E1D74D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.03

#E1D74D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E1D74D

14.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E1D74D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E1D74D	1.00	1.50	14.03	14.03
#FFFFFF	1.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E9D03A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EDD656

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F1C9BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e1d74d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 215, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.3% 0.155 105.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eee386',
    500: '#e1d74d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e1d74d;
$custom-light: #eee386;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e1d74d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 215,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.946,
    "s": 71.154,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86257,
    "c": 0.15509,
    "h": 105.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.65144
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E1D74D

secondary

#353C9D

accent

#46EE3A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF3

border

#D6D5CD

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E1D74D

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

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