#E1D94B#E1D94B

#E1D94B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.661; OKLCH L 86.7% C 0.158 H 106.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E1D94B
RGB	rgb(225, 217, 75)
HSL	hsl(57, 71%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(57, 67%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.6%, 66.7%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.07, -13.66, 67.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.07, 69.18, 101.39°)
OKLab	oklab(86.66% -0.0439 0.1521)
OKLCH	oklch(86.66% 0.158 106.1)
XYZ	xyz(57.1363, 66.1433, 16.4125)
Luminance	0.6614 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E1D94B #4B53E1

analogous

#E18E4B #E1D94B #9EE14B

triadic

#E1D94B #4BE1D9 #D94BE1

tetradic

#E1D94B #4BE18E #4B53E1 #E14B9E

square

#E1D94B #4BE18E #4B53E1 #E14B9E

split-complementary

#E1D94B #4B9EE1 #8E4BE1

monochromatic

#989119 #CDC422 #E1D94B #EAE47F #F2EFB4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.48

#E1D94B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.23

#E1D94B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E1D94B

14.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E1D94B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E1D94B	1.00	1.48	14.23	14.23
#FFFFFF	1.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EBD137

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EED754

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F1CBBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e1d94b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 217, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.7% 0.158 106.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eee485',
    500: '#e1d94b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e1d94b;
$custom-light: #eee485;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e1d94b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.8,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86659,
    "c": 0.15833,
    "h": 106.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.66141
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E1D94B

secondary

#343A9C

accent

#43EE3A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF3

border

#D6D5CD

text

#17150B

muted

#85847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E1D94B

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

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