#E1D962#E1D962

#E1D962 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.665; OKLCH L 86.9% C 0.140 H 105.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E1D962
RGB	rgb(225, 217, 98)
HSL	hsl(56, 68%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(56, 56%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.6%, 56.4%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.26, -12.19, 58.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.26, 59.68, 101.79°)
OKLab	oklab(86.87% -0.0373 0.1354)
OKLCH	oklch(86.87% 0.14 105.4)
XYZ	xyz(58.0706, 66.5170, 21.3330)
Luminance	0.6652 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E1D962 #626AE1

analogous

#E19962 #E1D962 #AAE162

triadic

#E1D962 #62E1D9 #D962E1

tetradic

#E1D962 #62E199 #626AE1 #E162AA

square

#E1D962 #62E199 #626AE1 #E162AA

split-complementary

#E1D962 #62AAE1 #9962E1

monochromatic

#A8A020 #D7CD2F #E1D962 #EBE595 #F5F2C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.47

#E1D962 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.30

#E1D962 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E1D962

14.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E1D962	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E1D962	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)

#EAD256

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EDD868

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F0CCBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e1d962;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 217, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.9% 0.140 105.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ede492',
    500: '#e1d962',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e1d962;
$custom-light: #ede492;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e1d962",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.22,
    "s": 67.914,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86871,
    "c": 0.14042,
    "h": 105.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.66515
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E1D962

secondary

#3D44AB

accent

#21D016

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E1D962

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

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