#E1D851#E1D851

#E1D851 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.657; OKLCH L 86.5% C 0.153 H 105.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E1D851
RGB	rgb(225, 216, 81)
HSL	hsl(56, 71%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(56, 64%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4%, 64%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.85, -12.82, 65.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.85, 66.47, 101.12°)
OKLab	oklab(86.5% -0.0409 0.1476)
OKLCH	oklch(86.5% 0.153 105.5)
XYZ	xyz(57.0945, 65.7154, 17.4598)
Luminance	0.6571 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E1D851 #515AE1

analogous

#E19051 #E1D851 #A2E151

triadic

#E1D851 #51E1D8 #D851E1

tetradic

#E1D851 #51E190 #515AE1 #E151A2

square

#E1D851 #51E190 #515AE1 #E151A2

split-complementary

#E1D851 #51A2E1 #9051E1

monochromatic

#9D941B #D1C624 #E1D851 #EAE485 #F3EFB9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.48

#E1D851 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.14

#E1D851 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E1D851

14.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E1D851	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E1D851	1.00	1.48	14.14	14.14
#FFFFFF	1.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EAD140

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EDD759

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F1CABC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e1d851;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 216, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.5% 0.153 105.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eee388',
    500: '#e1d851',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e1d851;
$custom-light: #eee388;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e1d851",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.25,
    "s": 70.588,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86499,
    "c": 0.15313,
    "h": 105.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.65713
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E1D851

secondary

#363DA0

accent

#46ED3A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E1D851

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

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