#E1DC59#E1DC59

#E1DC59 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.679; OKLCH L 87.4% C 0.151 H 107.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E1DC59
RGB	rgb(225, 220, 89)
HSL	hsl(58, 69%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(58, 60%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.2%, 60.4%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.96, -14.31, 63.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.96, 64.71, 102.78°)
OKLab	oklab(87.41% -0.0443 0.1442)
OKLCH	oklch(87.41% 0.151 107.1)
XYZ	xyz(58.4496, 67.9170, 19.4796)
Luminance	0.6792 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E1DC59 #595EE1

analogous

#E19859 #E1DC59 #A2E159

triadic

#E1DC59 #59E1DC #DC59E1

tetradic

#E1DC59 #59E198 #595EE1 #E159A2

square

#E1DC59 #59E198 #595EE1 #E159A2

split-complementary

#E1DC59 #59A2E1 #9859E1

monochromatic

#A29D1D #D6D027 #E1DC59 #EAE78D #F4F2C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.44

#E1DC59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.58

#E1DC59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E1DC59

14.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E1DC59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E1DC59	1.00	1.44	14.58	14.58
#FFFFFF	1.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EDD44A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F0D961

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F0CFC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e1dc59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 220, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.4% 0.151 107.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ede68d',
    500: '#e1dc59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e1dc59;
$custom-light: #ede68d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e1dc59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.794,
    "s": 69.388,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87407,
    "c": 0.15087,
    "h": 107.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.67915
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E1DC59

secondary

#393DA5

accent

#1BD114

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E1DC59

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

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