#E1E151#E1E151

#E1E151 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.705; OKLCH L 88.4% C 0.162 H 109.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E1E151
RGB	rgb(225, 225, 81)
HSL	hsl(60, 71%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(60, 64%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 64%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.22, -17.27, 67.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.22, 69.86, 104.31°)
OKLab	oklab(88.39% -0.0535 0.1528)
OKLCH	oklch(88.39% 0.162 109.3)
XYZ	xyz(59.4637, 70.4537, 18.2496)
Luminance	0.7045 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E1E151 #5151E1

analogous

#E19951 #E1E151 #99E151

triadic

#E1E151 #51E1E1 #E151E1

tetradic

#E1E151 #51E199 #5151E1 #E15199

square

#E1E151 #51E199 #5151E1 #E15199

split-complementary

#E1E151 #5199E1 #9951E1

monochromatic

#9D9D1B #D1D124 #E1E151 #EAEA85 #F3F3B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.39

#E1E151 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.09

#E1E151 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E1E151

15.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E1E151	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E1E151	1.00	1.39	15.09	15.09
#FFFFFF	1.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F2D83D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F4DD5A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F0D3C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DADADA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e1e151;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 225, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.4% 0.162 109.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eeea89',
    500: '#e1e151',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e1e151;
$custom-light: #eeea89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e1e151",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 70.588,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88387,
    "c": 0.16187,
    "h": 109.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.70452
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E1E151

secondary

#3636A0

accent

#3AED3A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E1E151

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

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