#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
RGB	rgb(225, 216, 94)
HSL	hsl(56, 69%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(56, 58%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4%, 58.2%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.96, -11.98, 59.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.96, 61.04, 101.32°)
OKLab	oklab(86.62% -0.0371 0.138)
OKLCH	oklch(86.62% 0.143 105.1)
XYZ	xyz(57.6295, 65.9294, 20.2775)
Luminance	0.6593 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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
##E1D85E	1.00	1.48	14.19	14.19
#FFFFFF	1.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #E1D85E

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

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