#E1D94D#E1D94D

#E1D94D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.662; OKLCH L 86.7% C 0.157 H 106.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E1D94D
RGB	rgb(225, 217, 77)
HSL	hsl(57, 71%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(57, 66%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.6%, 65.8%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.08, -13.55, 67.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.08, 68.41, 101.42°)
OKLab	oklab(86.68% -0.0434 0.1508)
OKLCH	oklch(86.68% 0.157 106.1)
XYZ	xyz(57.2059, 66.1711, 16.7787)
Luminance	0.6617 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E1D94D #4D55E1

analogous

#E18F4D #E1D94D #9FE14D

triadic

#E1D94D #4DE1D9 #D94DE1

tetradic

#E1D94D #4DE18F #4D55E1 #E14D9F

square

#E1D94D #4DE18F #4D55E1 #E14D9F

split-complementary

#E1D94D #4D9FE1 #8F4DE1

monochromatic

#9A931A #CEC523 #E1D94D #EAE481 #F3EFB6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.48

#E1D94D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.23

#E1D94D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E1D94D

14.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E1D94D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E1D94D	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)

#EBD13A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EED756

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F1CBBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e1d94d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 217, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.7% 0.157 106.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eee486',
    500: '#e1d94d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e1d94d;
$custom-light: #eee486;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e1d94d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.757,
    "s": 71.154,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86675,
    "c": 0.15694,
    "h": 106.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.66169
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E1D94D

secondary

#353A9D

accent

#44EE3A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF3

border

#D6D5CD

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E1D94D

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

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