#E1DF42#E1DF42

#E1DF42 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.692; OKLCH L 87.9% C 0.170 H 108.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E1DF42
RGB	rgb(225, 223, 66)
HSL	hsl(59, 73%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(59, 71%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.9%, 70.7%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.59, -17.08, 72.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.59, 74.60, 103.23°)
OKLab	oklab(87.86% -0.0544 0.1607)
OKLCH	oklch(87.86% 0.17 108.7)
XYZ	xyz(58.4245, 69.1781, 15.4283)
Luminance	0.6918 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E1DF42 #4244E1

analogous

#E18F42 #E1DF42 #94E142

triadic

#E1DF42 #42E1DF #DF42E1

tetradic

#E1DF42 #42E18F #4244E1 #E14294

square

#E1DF42 #42E18F #4244E1 #E14294

split-complementary

#E1DF42 #4294E1 #8F42E1

monochromatic

#929017 #C6C41F #E1DF42 #E9E877 #F2F1AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.42

#E1DF42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.84

#E1DF42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E1DF42

14.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E1DF42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E1DF42	1.00	1.42	14.84	14.84
#FFFFFF	1.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F1D625

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F3DB4E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F1D1C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D9D9D9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e1df42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 223, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.9% 0.170 108.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eee881',
    500: '#e1df42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e1df42;
$custom-light: #eee881;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e1df42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 223,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.245,
    "s": 72.603,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87855,
    "c": 0.16969,
    "h": 108.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.69176
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E1DF42

secondary

#313296

accent

#3BEF38

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFCF2

border

#D6D5CC

text

#17160B

muted

#85847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E1DF42

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

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