#E1DE51#E1DE51

#E1DE51 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.688; OKLCH L 87.8% C 0.159 H 108.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E1DE51
RGB	rgb(225, 222, 81)
HSL	hsl(59, 71%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(59, 64%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.3%, 64%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.43, -15.80, 66.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.43, 68.71, 103.29°)
OKLab	oklab(87.76% -0.0493 0.151)
OKLCH	oklch(87.76% 0.159 108.1)
XYZ	xyz(58.6598, 68.8460, 17.9816)
Luminance	0.6884 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E1DE51 #5154E1

analogous

#E19651 #E1DE51 #9CE151

triadic

#E1DE51 #51E1DE #DE51E1

tetradic

#E1DE51 #51E196 #5154E1 #E1519C

square

#E1DE51 #51E196 #5154E1 #E1519C

split-complementary

#E1DE51 #519CE1 #9651E1

monochromatic

#9D9A1B #D1CD24 #E1DE51 #EAE885 #F3F2B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.42

#E1DE51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.77

#E1DE51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E1DE51

14.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E1DE51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E1DE51	1.00	1.42	14.77	14.77
#FFFFFF	1.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EFD53E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F2DB5A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F0D0C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e1de51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 222, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.8% 0.159 108.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eee889',
    500: '#e1de51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e1de51;
$custom-light: #eee889;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e1de51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.75,
    "s": 70.588,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87756,
    "c": 0.15889,
    "h": 108.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.68844
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E1DE51

secondary

#3638A0

accent

#3EED3A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E1DE51

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

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