#E1E055#E1E055

#E1E055 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.700; OKLCH L 88.2% C 0.158 H 108.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E1E055
RGB	rgb(225, 224, 85)
HSL	hsl(60, 70%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(60, 62%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.4%, 62.2%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.99, -16.54, 65.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.99, 67.90, 104.10°)
OKLab	oklab(88.21% -0.051 0.1495)
OKLCH	oklch(88.21% 0.158 108.8)
XYZ	xyz(59.3486, 69.9764, 18.9731)
Luminance	0.6997 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E1E055 #5556E1

analogous

#E19A55 #E1E055 #9CE155

triadic

#E1E055 #55E1E0 #E055E1

tetradic

#E1E055 #55E19A #5556E1 #E1559C

square

#E1E055 #55E19A #5556E1 #E1559C

split-complementary

#E1E055 #559CE1 #9A55E1

monochromatic

#9F9F1C #D3D225 #E1E055 #EAE989 #F3F3BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.40

#E1E055 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.00

#E1E055 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E1E055

15.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E1E055	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E1E055	1.00	1.40	15.00	15.00
#FFFFFF	1.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F1D743

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F3DC5E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F0D3C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DADADA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e1e055;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 224, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.2% 0.158 108.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ede98b',
    500: '#e1e055',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e1e055;
$custom-light: #ede98b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e1e055",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 224,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.571,
    "s": 70,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8821,
    "c": 0.15795,
    "h": 108.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.69975
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E1E055

secondary

#3838A3

accent

#15D214

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E1E055

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

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