#E1E060#E1E060

#E1E060 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.702; OKLCH L 88.3% C 0.149 H 108.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E1E060
RGB	rgb(225, 224, 96)
HSL	hsl(60, 68%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(60, 57%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.4%, 57.3%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.08, -15.81, 61.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.08, 63.34, 104.46°)
OKLab	oklab(88.31% -0.0478 0.1414)
OKLCH	oklch(88.31% 0.149 108.7)
XYZ	xyz(59.8200, 70.1650, 21.4561)
Luminance	0.7016 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E1E060 #6061E1

analogous

#E19F60 #E1E060 #A1E160

triadic

#E1E060 #60E1E0 #E060E1

tetradic

#E1E060 #60E19F #6061E1 #E160A1

square

#E1E060 #60E19F #6061E1 #E160A1

split-complementary

#E1E060 #60A1E1 #9F60E1

monochromatic

#A7A620 #D7D62D #E1E060 #EBEA93 #F4F4C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.40

#E1E060 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.03

#E1E060 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E1E060

15.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E1E060	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E1E060	1.00	1.40	15.03	15.03
#FFFFFF	1.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F0D852

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F2DC67

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EFD3C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DADADA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e1e060;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 224, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.3% 0.149 108.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ede992',
    500: '#e1e060',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e1e060;
$custom-light: #ede992;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e1e060",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 224,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.535,
    "s": 68.254,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88313,
    "c": 0.14923,
    "h": 108.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.70163
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E1E060

secondary

#3C3DA9

accent

#17D015

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E1E060

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

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