#E1D85E#E1D85E

#E1D85E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.659; OKLCH L 86.6% C 0.143 H 105.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#E1D85E
RGBrgb(225, 216, 94)
HSLhsl(56, 69%, 63%)
HSVhsv(56, 58%, 88%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 4%, 58.2%, 11.8%)
CIE-LABlab(84.96, -11.98, 59.86)
CIE-LCHlch(84.96, 61.04, 101.32°)
OKLaboklab(86.62% -0.0371 0.138)
OKLCHoklch(86.62% 0.143 105.1)
XYZxyz(57.6295, 65.9294, 20.2775)
Luminance0.6593 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#E1D85E #5E67E1
analogous
#E1975E #E1D85E #A8E15E
triadic
#E1D85E #5EE1D8 #D85EE1
tetradic
#E1D85E #5EE197 #5E67E1 #E15EA8
square
#E1D85E #5EE197 #5E67E1 #E15EA8
split-complementary
#E1D85E #5EA8E1 #975EE1
monochromatic
#A69C1F #D7CC2A #E1D85E #EBE492 #F4F1C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.48
#E1D85E on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.19
#E1D85E on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E1D85E
14.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##E1D85E#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##E1D85E1.001.4814.1914.19
#FFFFFF1.481.0021.0021.00
#00000014.1921.001.001.00
##00000014.1921.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#E9D151
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#ECD765
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F0CBBE
Achromatopsia (no color)
#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #e1d85e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 216, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.6% 0.143 105.1);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ede390',
    500: '#e1d85e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #e1d85e;
$custom-light: #ede390;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#e1d85e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.878,
    "s": 68.586,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86621,
    "c": 0.14287,
    "h": 105.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.65927
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#E1D85E
secondary
#3B43A8
accent
#22D115
background
#FFFEFC
surface
#FEFCF4
border
#D6D5CE
text
#17150D
muted
#85847F

Preview Lab

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#E1D85E Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva