#E1DE4F#E1DE4F

#E1DE4F is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.688; OKLCH L 87.7% C 0.160 H 108.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E1DE4F
RGB	rgb(225, 222, 79)
HSL	hsl(59, 71%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(59, 65%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.3%, 64.9%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.41, -15.91, 67.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.41, 69.49, 103.24°)
OKLab	oklab(87.74% -0.0499 0.1524)
OKLCH	oklch(87.74% 0.16 108.1)
XYZ	xyz(58.5859, 68.8164, 17.5924)
Luminance	0.6882 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E1DE4F #4F52E1

analogous

#E1954F #E1DE4F #9BE14F

triadic

#E1DE4F #4FE1DE #DE4FE1

tetradic

#E1DE4F #4FE195 #4F52E1 #E14F9B

square

#E1DE4F #4FE195 #4F52E1 #E14F9B

split-complementary

#E1DE4F #4F9BE1 #954FE1

monochromatic

#9B991A #CFCC23 #E1DE4F #EAE883 #F3F2B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.42

#E1DE4F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.76

#E1DE4F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E1DE4F

14.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E1DE4F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E1DE4F	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)

#F0D53B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F2DB58

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F0D0C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e1de4f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 222, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.7% 0.160 108.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eee887',
    500: '#e1de4f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e1de4f;
$custom-light: #eee887;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e1de4f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.767,
    "s": 70.874,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87739,
    "c": 0.16032,
    "h": 108.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.68815
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E1DE4F

secondary

#35389F

accent

#3EEE3A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E1DE4F

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

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