#E1D85A#E1D85A

#E1D85A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.659; OKLCH L 86.6% C 0.146 H 105.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E1D85A
RGB	rgb(225, 216, 90)
HSL	hsl(56, 69%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(56, 60%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4%, 60%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.92, -12.26, 61.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.92, 62.76, 101.26°)
OKLab	oklab(86.58% -0.0383 0.1411)
OKLCH	oklch(86.58% 0.146 105.2)
XYZ	xyz(57.4546, 65.8594, 19.3565)
Luminance	0.6586 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E1D85A #5A63E1

analogous

#E1955A #E1D85A #A7E15A

triadic

#E1D85A #5AE1D8 #D85AE1

tetradic

#E1D85A #5AE195 #5A63E1 #E15AA7

square

#E1D85A #5AE195 #5A63E1 #E15AA7

split-complementary

#E1D85A #5AA7E1 #955AE1

monochromatic

#A39A1E #D7CB27 #E1D85A #EAE48E #F4F0C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.48

#E1D85A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.17

#E1D85A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E1D85A

14.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E1D85A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E1D85A	1.00	1.48	14.17	14.17
#FFFFFF	1.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E9D14C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EDD761

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F0CBBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e1d85a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 216, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.6% 0.146 105.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ede38d',
    500: '#e1d85a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e1d85a;
$custom-light: #ede38d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e1d85a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56,
    "s": 69.231,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86582,
    "c": 0.14618,
    "h": 105.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.65857
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E1D85A

secondary

#3A41A6

accent

#21D114

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E1D85A

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

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