#E1D85B#E1D85B

#E1D85B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.659; OKLCH L 86.6% C 0.145 H 105.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E1D85B
RGB	rgb(225, 216, 91)
HSL	hsl(56, 69%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(56, 60%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4%, 59.6%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.93, -12.19, 61.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.93, 62.33, 101.28°)
OKLab	oklab(86.59% -0.038 0.1403)
OKLCH	oklch(86.59% 0.145 105.2)
XYZ	xyz(57.4975, 65.8766, 19.5822)
Luminance	0.6587 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E1D85B #5B64E1

analogous

#E1955B #E1D85B #A7E15B

triadic

#E1D85B #5BE1D8 #D85BE1

tetradic

#E1D85B #5BE195 #5B64E1 #E15BA7

square

#E1D85B #5BE195 #5B64E1 #E15BA7

split-complementary

#E1D85B #5BA7E1 #955BE1

monochromatic

#A49B1E #D7CC27 #E1D85B #EAE48F #F4F1C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.48

#E1D85B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.18

#E1D85B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E1D85B

14.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E1D85B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E1D85B	1.00	1.48	14.18	14.18
#FFFFFF	1.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E9D14D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EDD762

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F0CBBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e1d85b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 216, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.6% 0.145 105.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ede38e',
    500: '#e1d85b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e1d85b;
$custom-light: #ede38e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e1d85b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.97,
    "s": 69.072,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86591,
    "c": 0.14536,
    "h": 105.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.65875
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E1D85B

secondary

#3A41A6

accent

#21D114

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E1D85B

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →