#E1DD51#E1DD51

#E1DD51 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.683; OKLCH L 87.5% C 0.158 H 107.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E1DD51
RGB	rgb(225, 221, 81)
HSL	hsl(58, 71%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(58, 64%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.8%, 64%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.16, -15.30, 66.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.16, 68.33, 102.94°)
OKLab	oklab(87.55% -0.0479 0.1505)
OKLCH	oklch(87.55% 0.158 107.7)
XYZ	xyz(58.3950, 68.3164, 17.8933)
Luminance	0.6832 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E1DD51 #5155E1

analogous

#E19551 #E1DD51 #9DE151

triadic

#E1DD51 #51E1DD #DD51E1

tetradic

#E1DD51 #51E195 #5155E1 #E1519D

square

#E1DD51 #51E195 #5155E1 #E1519D

split-complementary

#E1DD51 #519DE1 #9551E1

monochromatic

#9D991B #D1CC24 #E1DD51 #EAE785 #F3F1B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.43

#E1DD51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.66

#E1DD51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E1DD51

14.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E1DD51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E1DD51	1.00	1.43	14.66	14.66
#FFFFFF	1.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EED53E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F1DA5A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F0CFC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e1dd51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 221, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.5% 0.158 107.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eee789',
    500: '#e1dd51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e1dd51;
$custom-light: #eee789;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e1dd51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.333,
    "s": 70.588,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87546,
    "c": 0.15792,
    "h": 107.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.68315
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E1DD51

secondary

#3639A0

accent

#3FED3A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E1DD51

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

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