#E1DE4E#E1DE4E

#E1DE4E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.688; OKLCH L 87.7% C 0.161 H 108.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E1DE4E
RGB	rgb(225, 222, 78)
HSL	hsl(59, 71%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(59, 65%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.3%, 65.3%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.41, -15.97, 68.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.41, 69.87, 103.21°)
OKLab	oklab(87.73% -0.0501 0.153)
OKLCH	oklch(87.73% 0.161 108.1)
XYZ	xyz(58.5498, 68.8020, 17.4022)
Luminance	0.6880 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E1DE4E #4E51E1

analogous

#E1954E #E1DE4E #9AE14E

triadic

#E1DE4E #4EE1DE #DE4EE1

tetradic

#E1DE4E #4EE195 #4E51E1 #E14E9A

square

#E1DE4E #4EE195 #4E51E1 #E14E9A

split-complementary

#E1DE4E #4E9AE1 #954EE1

monochromatic

#9A981A #CFCB23 #E1DE4E #EAE882 #F3F2B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.42

#E1DE4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.76

#E1DE4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E1DE4E

14.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E1DE4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E1DE4E	1.00	1.42	14.76	14.76
#FFFFFF	1.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F0D53A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F2DB57

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F1D0C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e1de4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 222, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.7% 0.161 108.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eee887',
    500: '#e1de4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e1de4e;
$custom-light: #eee887;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e1de4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.776,
    "s": 71.014,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87731,
    "c": 0.16103,
    "h": 108.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.688
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E1DE4E

secondary

#35379E

accent

#3EEE3A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E1DE4E

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

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