#E1DE4B#E1DE4B

#E1DE4B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.688; OKLCH L 87.7% C 0.163 H 108.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E1DE4B
RGB	rgb(225, 222, 75)
HSL	hsl(59, 71%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(59, 67%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.3%, 66.7%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.39, -16.14, 69.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.39, 71.01, 103.13°)
OKLab	oklab(87.71% -0.0509 0.1549)
OKLCH	oklch(87.71% 0.163 108.2)
XYZ	xyz(58.4447, 68.7599, 16.8486)
Luminance	0.6876 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E1DE4B #4B4EE1

analogous

#E1934B #E1DE4B #99E14B

triadic

#E1DE4B #4BE1DE #DE4BE1

tetradic

#E1DE4B #4BE193 #4B4EE1 #E14B99

square

#E1DE4B #4BE193 #4B4EE1 #E14B99

split-complementary

#E1DE4B #4B99E1 #934BE1

monochromatic

#989619 #CDC922 #E1DE4B #EAE87F #F2F1B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.42

#E1DE4B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.75

#E1DE4B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E1DE4B

14.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E1DE4B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E1DE4B	1.00	1.42	14.75	14.75
#FFFFFF	1.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F0D535

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F2DB55

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F1D0C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e1de4b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 222, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.7% 0.163 108.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eee885',
    500: '#e1de4b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e1de4b;
$custom-light: #eee885;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e1de4b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.8,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87708,
    "c": 0.16307,
    "h": 108.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.68758
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E1DE4B

secondary

#34369C

accent

#3DEE3A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF3

border

#D6D5CD

text

#17160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E1DE4B

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

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