#E1DC55#E1DC55

#E1DC55 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.678; OKLCH L 87.4% C 0.154 H 107.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E1DC55
RGB	rgb(225, 220, 85)
HSL	hsl(58, 70%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(58, 62%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.2%, 62.2%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.93, -14.57, 64.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.93, 66.35, 102.68°)
OKLab	oklab(87.37% -0.0454 0.1471)
OKLCH	oklch(87.37% 0.154 107.2)
XYZ	xyz(58.2862, 67.8517, 18.6189)
Luminance	0.6785 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E1DC55 #555AE1

analogous

#E19655 #E1DC55 #A0E155

triadic

#E1DC55 #55E1DC #DC55E1

tetradic

#E1DC55 #55E196 #555AE1 #E155A0

square

#E1DC55 #55E196 #555AE1 #E155A0

split-complementary

#E1DC55 #55A0E1 #9655E1

monochromatic

#9F9B1C #D3CD25 #E1DC55 #EAE789 #F3F1BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.44

#E1DC55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.57

#E1DC55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E1DC55

14.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E1DC55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E1DC55	1.00	1.44	14.57	14.57
#FFFFFF	1.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EDD444

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F0D95D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F0CEC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e1dc55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 220, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.4% 0.154 107.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ede68b',
    500: '#e1dc55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e1dc55;
$custom-light: #ede68b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e1dc55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.857,
    "s": 70,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8737,
    "c": 0.15398,
    "h": 107.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.6785
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E1DC55

secondary

#383BA3

accent

#1AD214

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E1DC55

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

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