#E1D85D#E1D85D

#E1D85D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.659; OKLCH L 86.6% C 0.144 H 105.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E1D85D
RGB	rgb(225, 216, 93)
HSL	hsl(56, 69%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(56, 59%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4%, 58.7%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.95, -12.05, 60.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.95, 61.48, 101.30°)
OKLab	oklab(86.61% -0.0374 0.1388)
OKLCH	oklch(86.61% 0.144 105.1)
XYZ	xyz(57.5849, 65.9115, 20.0427)
Luminance	0.6591 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E1D85D #5D66E1

analogous

#E1965D #E1D85D #A8E15D

triadic

#E1D85D #5DE1D8 #D85DE1

tetradic

#E1D85D #5DE196 #5D66E1 #E15DA8

square

#E1D85D #5DE196 #5D66E1 #E15DA8

split-complementary

#E1D85D #5DA8E1 #965DE1

monochromatic

#A59C1F #D7CC29 #E1D85D #EBE491 #F4F1C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.48

#E1D85D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.18

#E1D85D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E1D85D

14.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E1D85D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E1D85D	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)

#E9D14F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ECD764

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F0CBBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e1d85d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 216, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.6% 0.144 105.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ede38f',
    500: '#e1d85d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e1d85d;
$custom-light: #ede38f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e1d85d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.909,
    "s": 68.75,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86611,
    "c": 0.14371,
    "h": 105.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.6591
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E1D85D

secondary

#3B42A8

accent

#22D115

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E1D85D

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

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