#E1D856#E1D856

#E1D856 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.658; OKLCH L 86.5% C 0.149 H 105.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E1D856
RGB	rgb(225, 216, 86)
HSL	hsl(56, 70%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(56, 62%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4%, 61.8%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.89, -12.52, 63.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.89, 64.44, 101.20°)
OKLab	oklab(86.54% -0.0395 0.144)
OKLCH	oklch(86.54% 0.149 105.3)
XYZ	xyz(57.2889, 65.7931, 18.4839)
Luminance	0.6579 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E1D856 #565FE1

analogous

#E19256 #E1D856 #A4E156

triadic

#E1D856 #56E1D8 #D856E1

tetradic

#E1D856 #56E192 #565FE1 #E156A4

square

#E1D856 #56E192 #565FE1 #E156A4

split-complementary

#E1D856 #56A4E1 #9256E1

monochromatic

#A0981C #D4C926 #E1D856 #EAE48A #F3F0BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.48

#E1D856 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.16

#E1D856 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E1D856

14.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E1D856	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E1D856	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)

#E9D146

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EDD75E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F1CABD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e1d856;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 216, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.5% 0.149 105.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ede38b',
    500: '#e1d856',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e1d856;
$custom-light: #ede38b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e1d856",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.115,
    "s": 69.849,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86544,
    "c": 0.14935,
    "h": 105.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.65791
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E1D856

secondary

#383FA3

accent

#20D214

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E1D856

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

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