#E1E051#E1E051

#E1E051 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.699; OKLCH L 88.2% C 0.161 H 108.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E1E051
RGB	rgb(225, 224, 81)
HSL	hsl(60, 71%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(60, 64%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.4%, 64%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.95, -16.78, 67.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.95, 69.48, 103.98°)
OKLab	oklab(88.18% -0.0521 0.1522)
OKLCH	oklch(88.18% 0.161 108.9)
XYZ	xyz(59.1941, 69.9147, 18.1597)
Luminance	0.6991 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E1E051 #5152E1

analogous

#E19851 #E1E051 #9AE151

triadic

#E1E051 #51E1E0 #E051E1

tetradic

#E1E051 #51E198 #5152E1 #E1519A

square

#E1E051 #51E198 #5152E1 #E1519A

split-complementary

#E1E051 #519AE1 #9851E1

monochromatic

#9D9C1B #D1D024 #E1E051 #EAE985 #F3F3B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.40

#E1E051 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.98

#E1E051 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E1E051

14.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E1E051	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E1E051	1.00	1.40	14.98	14.98
#FFFFFF	1.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F1D73E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F3DC5A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F0D2C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DADADA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e1e051;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 224, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.2% 0.161 108.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eee989',
    500: '#e1e051',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e1e051;
$custom-light: #eee989;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e1e051",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 224,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.583,
    "s": 70.588,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88176,
    "c": 0.16088,
    "h": 108.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.69913
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E1E051

secondary

#3637A0

accent

#3CED3A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E1E051

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

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