#E1DD56#E1DD56

#E1DD56 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.684; OKLCH L 87.6% C 0.154 H 107.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E1DD56
RGB	rgb(225, 221, 86)
HSL	hsl(58, 70%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(58, 62%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.8%, 61.8%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.20, -15.00, 64.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.20, 66.33, 103.07°)
OKLab	oklab(87.59% -0.0466 0.147)
OKLCH	oklch(87.59% 0.154 107.6)
XYZ	xyz(58.5894, 68.3941, 18.9174)
Luminance	0.6839 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E1DD56 #565AE1

analogous

#E19756 #E1DD56 #9FE156

triadic

#E1DD56 #56E1DD #DD56E1

tetradic

#E1DD56 #56E197 #565AE1 #E1569F

square

#E1DD56 #56E197 #565AE1 #E1569F

split-complementary

#E1DD56 #569FE1 #9756E1

monochromatic

#A09C1C #D4CF26 #E1DD56 #EAE78A #F3F2BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.43

#E1DD56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.68

#E1DD56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E1DD56

14.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E1DD56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E1DD56	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)

#EED545

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F1DA5E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F0D0C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e1dd56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 221, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.6% 0.154 107.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ede78b',
    500: '#e1dd56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e1dd56;
$custom-light: #ede78b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e1dd56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.273,
    "s": 69.849,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87589,
    "c": 0.1542,
    "h": 107.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.68392
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E1DD56

secondary

#383BA3

accent

#19D214

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E1DD56

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

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