#E1D94E#E1D94E

#E1D94E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.662; OKLCH L 86.7% C 0.156 H 106.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E1D94E
RGB	rgb(225, 217, 78)
HSL	hsl(57, 71%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(57, 65%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.6%, 65.3%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.09, -13.50, 66.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.09, 68.02, 101.44°)
OKLab	oklab(86.68% -0.0431 0.1502)
OKLCH	oklch(86.68% 0.156 106)
XYZ	xyz(57.2414, 66.1853, 16.9661)
Luminance	0.6618 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E1D94E #4E56E1

analogous

#E1904E #E1D94E #9FE14E

triadic

#E1D94E #4EE1D9 #D94EE1

tetradic

#E1D94E #4EE190 #4E56E1 #E14E9F

square

#E1D94E #4EE190 #4E56E1 #E14E9F

split-complementary

#E1D94E #4E9FE1 #904EE1

monochromatic

#9A931A #CFC523 #E1D94E #EAE482 #F3EFB7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.48

#E1D94E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.24

#E1D94E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E1D94E

14.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E1D94E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E1D94E	1.00	1.48	14.24	14.24
#FFFFFF	1.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EBD13B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EED757

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F1CBBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e1d94e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 217, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.7% 0.156 106.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eee487',
    500: '#e1d94e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e1d94e;
$custom-light: #eee487;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e1d94e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.735,
    "s": 71.014,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86683,
    "c": 0.15624,
    "h": 106
  },
  "luminance": 0.66183
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E1D94E

secondary

#353B9E

accent

#44EE3A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E1D94E

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

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