#E1E059#E1E059

#E1E059 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.700; OKLCH L 88.2% C 0.155 H 108.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E1E059
RGB	rgb(225, 224, 89)
HSL	hsl(60, 69%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(60, 60%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.4%, 60.4%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.02, -16.29, 64.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.02, 66.28, 104.23°)
OKLab	oklab(88.25% -0.0499 0.1466)
OKLCH	oklch(88.25% 0.155 108.8)
XYZ	xyz(59.5120, 70.0418, 19.8338)
Luminance	0.7004 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E1E059 #595AE1

analogous

#E19C59 #E1E059 #9EE159

triadic

#E1E059 #59E1E0 #E059E1

tetradic

#E1E059 #59E19C #595AE1 #E1599E

square

#E1E059 #59E19C #595AE1 #E1599E

split-complementary

#E1E059 #599EE1 #9C59E1

monochromatic

#A2A11D #D6D527 #E1E059 #EAEA8D #F4F3C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.40

#E1E059 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.01

#E1E059 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E1E059

15.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E1E059	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E1E059	1.00	1.40	15.01	15.01
#FFFFFF	1.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F1D749

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F3DC61

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F0D3C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DADADA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e1e059;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 224, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.2% 0.155 108.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ede98d',
    500: '#e1e059',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e1e059;
$custom-light: #ede98d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e1e059",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 224,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.559,
    "s": 69.388,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88246,
    "c": 0.15489,
    "h": 108.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.7004
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E1E059

secondary

#393AA5

accent

#16D114

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E1E059

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

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