#E1D955#E1D955

#E1D955 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.663; OKLCH L 86.7% C 0.151 H 105.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E1D955
RGB	rgb(225, 217, 85)
HSL	hsl(57, 70%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(57, 62%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.6%, 62.2%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.14, -13.08, 63.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.14, 65.22, 101.57°)
OKLab	oklab(86.74% -0.0412 0.1453)
OKLCH	oklch(86.74% 0.151 105.8)
XYZ	xyz(57.5059, 66.2911, 18.3589)
Luminance	0.6629 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E1D955 #555DE1

analogous

#E19355 #E1D955 #A3E155

triadic

#E1D955 #55E1D9 #D955E1

tetradic

#E1D955 #55E193 #555DE1 #E155A3

square

#E1D955 #55E193 #555DE1 #E155A3

split-complementary

#E1D955 #55A3E1 #9355E1

monochromatic

#9F981C #D3CA25 #E1D955 #EAE589 #F3F0BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.47

#E1D955 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.26

#E1D955 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E1D955

14.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E1D955	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E1D955	1.00	1.47	14.26	14.26
#FFFFFF	1.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EAD145

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EED75D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F1CBBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e1d955;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 217, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.7% 0.151 105.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ede48b',
    500: '#e1d955',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e1d955;
$custom-light: #ede48b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e1d955",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.571,
    "s": 70,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86743,
    "c": 0.15107,
    "h": 105.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.66289
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E1D955

secondary

#383EA3

accent

#1ED214

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E1D955

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

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