#E1D84B#E1D84B

#E1D84B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.656; OKLCH L 86.5% C 0.157 H 105.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E1D84B
RGB	rgb(225, 216, 75)
HSL	hsl(56, 71%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(56, 67%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4%, 66.7%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.81, -13.16, 67.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.81, 68.82, 101.03°)
OKLab	oklab(86.45% -0.0425 0.1515)
OKLCH	oklch(86.45% 0.157 105.7)
XYZ	xyz(56.8794, 65.6293, 16.3268)
Luminance	0.6563 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E1D84B #4B54E1

analogous

#E18D4B #E1D84B #9FE14B

triadic

#E1D84B #4BE1D8 #D84BE1

tetradic

#E1D84B #4BE18D #4B54E1 #E14B9F

square

#E1D84B #4BE18D #4B54E1 #E14B9F

split-complementary

#E1D84B #4B9FE1 #8D4BE1

monochromatic

#989119 #CDC222 #E1D84B #EAE37F #F2EFB4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.49

#E1D84B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.13

#E1D84B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E1D84B

14.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E1D84B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E1D84B	1.00	1.49	14.13	14.13
#FFFFFF	1.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EAD037

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EED754

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F1CABB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e1d84b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 216, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.5% 0.157 105.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eee385',
    500: '#e1d84b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e1d84b;
$custom-light: #eee385;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e1d84b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.4,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8645,
    "c": 0.15739,
    "h": 105.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.65627
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E1D84B

secondary

#343A9C

accent

#44EE3A

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFCF2

border

#D6D5CC

text

#17150B

muted

#85847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E1D84B

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

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