#E1DE5B#E1DE5B

#E1DE5B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.690; OKLCH L 87.8% C 0.151 H 107.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E1DE5B
RGB	rgb(225, 222, 91)
HSL	hsl(59, 69%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(59, 60%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.3%, 59.6%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.51, -15.17, 62.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.51, 64.66, 103.57°)
OKLab	oklab(87.85% -0.0465 0.144)
OKLCH	oklch(87.85% 0.151 107.9)
XYZ	xyz(59.0628, 69.0072, 20.1040)
Luminance	0.6901 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E1DE5B #5B5EE1

analogous

#E19B5B #E1DE5B #A1E15B

triadic

#E1DE5B #5BE1DE #DE5BE1

tetradic

#E1DE5B #5BE19B #5B5EE1 #E15BA1

square

#E1DE5B #5BE19B #5B5EE1 #E15BA1

split-complementary

#E1DE5B #5BA1E1 #9B5BE1

monochromatic

#A4A11E #D7D327 #E1DE5B #EAE88F #F4F3C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.42

#E1DE5B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.80

#E1DE5B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E1DE5B

14.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E1DE5B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E1DE5B	1.00	1.42	14.80	14.80
#FFFFFF	1.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EFD64C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F1DB63

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F0D1C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e1de5b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 222, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.8% 0.151 107.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ede88e',
    500: '#e1de5b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e1de5b;
$custom-light: #ede88e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e1de5b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.657,
    "s": 69.072,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87845,
    "c": 0.15128,
    "h": 107.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.69005
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E1DE5B

secondary

#3A3CA6

accent

#19D114

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E1DE5B

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

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