#E1DD55#E1DD55

#E1DD55 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.684; OKLCH L 87.6% C 0.155 H 107.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E1DD55
RGB	rgb(225, 221, 85)
HSL	hsl(58, 70%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(58, 62%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.8%, 62.2%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.20, -15.06, 65.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.20, 66.74, 103.04°)
OKLab	oklab(87.58% -0.0468 0.1477)
OKLCH	oklch(87.58% 0.155 107.6)
XYZ	xyz(58.5494, 68.3781, 18.7067)
Luminance	0.6838 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E1DD55 #5559E1

analogous

#E19755 #E1DD55 #9FE155

triadic

#E1DD55 #55E1DD #DD55E1

tetradic

#E1DD55 #55E197 #5559E1 #E1559F

square

#E1DD55 #55E197 #5559E1 #E1559F

split-complementary

#E1DD55 #559FE1 #9755E1

monochromatic

#9F9C1C #D3CF25 #E1DD55 #EAE789 #F3F2BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.43

#E1DD55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.68

#E1DD55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E1DD55

14.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E1DD55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E1DD55	1.00	1.43	14.68	14.68
#FFFFFF	1.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EED544

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F1DA5D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F0D0C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e1dd55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 221, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.6% 0.155 107.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ede78b',
    500: '#e1dd55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e1dd55;
$custom-light: #ede78b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e1dd55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.286,
    "s": 70,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8758,
    "c": 0.15496,
    "h": 107.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.68376
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E1DD55

secondary

#383BA3

accent

#19D214

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E1DD55

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

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