#E1D855#E1D855

#E1D855 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.658; OKLCH L 86.5% C 0.150 H 105.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E1D855
RGB	rgb(225, 216, 85)
HSL	hsl(56, 70%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(56, 62%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4%, 62.2%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.88, -12.58, 63.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.88, 64.85, 101.18°)
OKLab	oklab(86.54% -0.0398 0.1448)
OKLCH	oklch(86.54% 0.15 105.4)
XYZ	xyz(57.2489, 65.7771, 18.2732)
Luminance	0.6577 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E1D855 #555EE1

analogous

#E19255 #E1D855 #A4E155

triadic

#E1D855 #55E1D8 #D855E1

tetradic

#E1D855 #55E192 #555EE1 #E155A4

square

#E1D855 #55E192 #555EE1 #E155A4

split-complementary

#E1D855 #55A4E1 #9255E1

monochromatic

#9F971C #D3C825 #E1D855 #EAE489 #F3F0BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.48

#E1D855 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.16

#E1D855 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E1D855

14.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E1D855	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E1D855	1.00	1.48	14.16	14.16
#FFFFFF	1.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EAD145

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EDD75D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F1CABD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e1d855;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 216, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.5% 0.150 105.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ede38a',
    500: '#e1d855',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e1d855;
$custom-light: #ede38a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e1d855",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.143,
    "s": 70,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86535,
    "c": 0.15012,
    "h": 105.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.65775
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E1D855

secondary

#383FA3

accent

#20D214

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E1D855

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

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