#E1D862#E1D862

#E1D862 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.660; OKLCH L 86.7% C 0.139 H 104.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E1D862
RGB	rgb(225, 216, 98)
HSL	hsl(56, 68%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(56, 56%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4%, 56.4%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.00, -11.69, 58.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.00, 59.29, 101.37°)
OKLab	oklab(86.66% -0.0359 0.1348)
OKLCH	oklch(86.66% 0.139 104.9)
XYZ	xyz(57.8137, 66.0030, 21.2474)
Luminance	0.6600 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E1D862 #626BE1

analogous

#E19862 #E1D862 #AAE162

triadic

#E1D862 #62E1D8 #D862E1

tetradic

#E1D862 #62E198 #626BE1 #E162AA

square

#E1D862 #62E198 #626BE1 #E162AA

split-complementary

#E1D862 #62AAE1 #9862E1

monochromatic

#A89F20 #D7CB2F #E1D862 #EBE595 #F5F2C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.48

#E1D862 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.20

#E1D862 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E1D862

14.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E1D862	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E1D862	1.00	1.48	14.20	14.20
#FFFFFF	1.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E9D156

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ECD768

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F0CBBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e1d862;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 216, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.7% 0.139 104.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ede392',
    500: '#e1d862',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e1d862;
$custom-light: #ede392;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e1d862",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.748,
    "s": 67.914,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86663,
    "c": 0.13944,
    "h": 104.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.66001
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E1D862

secondary

#3D44AB

accent

#23D016

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E1D862

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

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