#E1DD59#E1DD59

#E1DD59 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.684; OKLCH L 87.6% C 0.152 H 107.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E1DD59
RGB	rgb(225, 221, 89)
HSL	hsl(58, 69%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(58, 60%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.8%, 60.4%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.23, -14.81, 63.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.23, 65.10, 103.15°)
OKLab	oklab(87.62% -0.0457 0.1448)
OKLCH	oklch(87.62% 0.152 107.5)
XYZ	xyz(58.7129, 68.4435, 19.5674)
Luminance	0.6844 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E1DD59 #595DE1

analogous

#E19959 #E1DD59 #A1E159

triadic

#E1DD59 #59E1DD #DD59E1

tetradic

#E1DD59 #59E199 #595DE1 #E159A1

square

#E1DD59 #59E199 #595DE1 #E159A1

split-complementary

#E1DD59 #59A1E1 #9959E1

monochromatic

#A29E1D #D6D127 #E1DD59 #EAE88D #F4F2C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.43

#E1DD59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.69

#E1DD59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E1DD59

14.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E1DD59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E1DD59	1.00	1.43	14.69	14.69
#FFFFFF	1.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EED549

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F1DA61

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F0D0C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e1dd59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 221, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.6% 0.152 107.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ede78d',
    500: '#e1dd59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e1dd59;
$custom-light: #ede78d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e1dd59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.235,
    "s": 69.388,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87616,
    "c": 0.15187,
    "h": 107.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.68442
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E1DD59

secondary

#393CA5

accent

#1AD114

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E1DD59

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →