#E1D857#E1D857

#E1D857 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.658; OKLCH L 86.6% C 0.149 H 105.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E1D857
RGB	rgb(225, 216, 87)
HSL	hsl(56, 70%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(56, 61%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4%, 61.3%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.90, -12.45, 62.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.90, 64.02, 101.22°)
OKLab	oklab(86.55% -0.0392 0.1433)
OKLCH	oklch(86.55% 0.149 105.3)
XYZ	xyz(57.3295, 65.8094, 18.6976)
Luminance	0.6581 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E1D857 #5760E1

analogous

#E19357 #E1D857 #A5E157

triadic

#E1D857 #57E1D8 #D857E1

tetradic

#E1D857 #57E193 #5760E1 #E157A5

square

#E1D857 #57E193 #5760E1 #E157A5

split-complementary

#E1D857 #57A5E1 #9357E1

monochromatic

#A1981D #D5C926 #E1D857 #EAE48B #F4F0BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.48

#E1D857 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.16

#E1D857 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E1D857

14.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E1D857	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E1D857	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)

#E9D148

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EDD75E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F1CBBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e1d857;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 216, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.6% 0.149 105.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ede38c',
    500: '#e1d857',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e1d857;
$custom-light: #ede38c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e1d857",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.087,
    "s": 69.697,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86553,
    "c": 0.14857,
    "h": 105.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.65807
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E1D857

secondary

#383FA4

accent

#20D214

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E1D857

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

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