#E1D95F#E1D95F

#E1D95F is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.665; OKLCH L 86.8% C 0.143 H 105.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E1D95F
RGB	rgb(225, 217, 95)
HSL	hsl(56, 68%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(56, 58%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.6%, 57.8%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.23, -12.41, 59.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.23, 61.00, 101.74°)
OKLab	oklab(86.84% -0.0382 0.1378)
OKLCH	oklch(86.84% 0.143 105.5)
XYZ	xyz(57.9316, 66.4614, 20.6010)
Luminance	0.6646 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E1D95F #5F67E1

analogous

#E1985F #E1D95F #A8E15F

triadic

#E1D95F #5FE1D9 #D95FE1

tetradic

#E1D95F #5FE198 #5F67E1 #E15FA8

square

#E1D95F #5FE198 #5F67E1 #E15FA8

split-complementary

#E1D95F #5FA8E1 #985FE1

monochromatic

#A69E1F #D7CD2B #E1D95F #EBE593 #F4F1C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.47

#E1D95F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.29

#E1D95F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E1D95F

14.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E1D95F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E1D95F	1.00	1.47	14.29	14.29
#FFFFFF	1.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EAD252

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EDD766

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F0CCBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e1d95f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 217, 95);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.8% 0.143 105.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ede491',
    500: '#e1d95f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e1d95f;
$custom-light: #ede491;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e1d95f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 95
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.308,
    "s": 68.421,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8684,
    "c": 0.143,
    "h": 105.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.66459
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E1D95F

secondary

#3B42A9

accent

#21D015

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E1D95F

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

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