#E1D956#E1D956

#E1D956 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.663; OKLCH L 86.8% C 0.150 H 105.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E1D956
RGB	rgb(225, 217, 86)
HSL	hsl(57, 70%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(57, 62%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.6%, 61.8%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.15, -13.01, 63.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.15, 64.81, 101.58°)
OKLab	oklab(86.75% -0.0409 0.1446)
OKLCH	oklch(86.75% 0.15 105.8)
XYZ	xyz(57.5459, 66.3071, 18.5696)
Luminance	0.6631 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E1D956 #565EE1

analogous

#E19356 #E1D956 #A3E156

triadic

#E1D956 #56E1D9 #D956E1

tetradic

#E1D956 #56E193 #565EE1 #E156A3

square

#E1D956 #56E193 #565EE1 #E156A3

split-complementary

#E1D956 #56A3E1 #9356E1

monochromatic

#A0991C #D4CA26 #E1D956 #EAE58A #F3F0BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.47

#E1D956 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.26

#E1D956 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E1D956

14.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E1D956	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E1D956	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)

#EAD146

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EED75E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F0CCBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e1d956;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 217, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.8% 0.150 105.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ede48b',
    500: '#e1d956',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e1d956;
$custom-light: #ede48b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e1d956",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.547,
    "s": 69.849,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86752,
    "c": 0.1503,
    "h": 105.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.66305
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E1D956

secondary

#383EA3

accent

#1FD214

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E1D956

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

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