#E1DE55#E1DE55

#E1DE55 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.689; OKLCH L 87.8% C 0.156 H 108.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E1DE55
RGB	rgb(225, 222, 85)
HSL	hsl(59, 70%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(59, 62%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.3%, 62.2%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.46, -15.56, 65.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.46, 67.12, 103.40°)
OKLab	oklab(87.79% -0.0482 0.1483)
OKLCH	oklch(87.79% 0.156 108)
XYZ	xyz(58.8142, 68.9078, 18.7950)
Luminance	0.6891 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E1DE55 #5558E1

analogous

#E19855 #E1DE55 #9EE155

triadic

#E1DE55 #55E1DE #DE55E1

tetradic

#E1DE55 #55E198 #5558E1 #E1559E

square

#E1DE55 #55E198 #5558E1 #E1559E

split-complementary

#E1DE55 #559EE1 #9855E1

monochromatic

#9F9D1C #D3D025 #E1DE55 #EAE889 #F3F2BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.42

#E1DE55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.78

#E1DE55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E1DE55

14.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E1DE55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E1DE55	1.00	1.42	14.78	14.78
#FFFFFF	1.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EFD644

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F2DB5D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F0D1C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e1de55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 222, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.8% 0.156 108.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ede88b',
    500: '#e1de55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e1de55;
$custom-light: #ede88b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e1de55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.714,
    "s": 70,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8779,
    "c": 0.15595,
    "h": 108
  },
  "luminance": 0.68906
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E1DE55

secondary

#383AA3

accent

#18D214

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E1DE55

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

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