#E1D960#E1D960

#E1D960 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.665; OKLCH L 86.9% C 0.142 H 105.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E1D960
RGB	rgb(225, 217, 96)
HSL	hsl(56, 68%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(56, 57%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.6%, 57.3%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.24, -12.34, 59.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.24, 60.56, 101.76°)
OKLab	oklab(86.85% -0.0379 0.137)
OKLCH	oklch(86.85% 0.142 105.5)
XYZ	xyz(57.9774, 66.4797, 20.8419)
Luminance	0.6648 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E1D960 #6068E1

analogous

#E19860 #E1D960 #A8E160

triadic

#E1D960 #60E1D9 #D960E1

tetradic

#E1D960 #60E198 #6068E1 #E160A8

square

#E1D960 #60E198 #6068E1 #E160A8

split-complementary

#E1D960 #60A8E1 #9860E1

monochromatic

#A79F20 #D7CD2D #E1D960 #EBE593 #F4F2C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.47

#E1D960 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.30

#E1D960 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E1D960

14.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E1D960	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E1D960	1.00	1.47	14.30	14.30
#FFFFFF	1.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EAD253

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EDD766

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F0CCBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e1d960;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 217, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.9% 0.142 105.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ede491',
    500: '#e1d960',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e1d960;
$custom-light: #ede491;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e1d960",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.279,
    "s": 68.254,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8685,
    "c": 0.14215,
    "h": 105.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.66478
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E1D960

secondary

#3C43A9

accent

#21D015

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E1D960

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

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