#E1E057#E1E057

#E1E057 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.700; OKLCH L 88.2% C 0.156 H 108.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E1E057
RGB	rgb(225, 224, 87)
HSL	hsl(60, 70%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(60, 61%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.4%, 61.3%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.00, -16.42, 65.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.00, 67.09, 104.16°)
OKLab	oklab(88.23% -0.0505 0.1481)
OKLCH	oklch(88.23% 0.156 108.8)
XYZ	xyz(59.4292, 70.0087, 19.3975)
Luminance	0.7001 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E1E057 #5758E1

analogous

#E19B57 #E1E057 #9DE157

triadic

#E1E057 #57E1E0 #E057E1

tetradic

#E1E057 #57E19B #5758E1 #E1579D

square

#E1E057 #57E19B #5758E1 #E1579D

split-complementary

#E1E057 #579DE1 #9B57E1

monochromatic

#A1A01D #D5D426 #E1E057 #EAEA8B #F4F3BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.40

#E1E057 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.00

#E1E057 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E1E057

15.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E1E057	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E1E057	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)

#F1D746

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F3DC5F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F0D3C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DADADA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e1e057;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 224, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.2% 0.156 108.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ede98c',
    500: '#e1e057',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e1e057;
$custom-light: #ede98c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e1e057",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 224,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.565,
    "s": 69.697,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88228,
    "c": 0.15644,
    "h": 108.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.70007
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E1E057

secondary

#3839A4

accent

#15D214

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E1E057

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

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