#E1E22D#E1E22D

#E1E22D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.706; OKLCH L 88.4% C 0.183 H 110.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#E1E22D
RGBrgb(225, 226, 45)
HSLhsl(60, 76%, 53%)
HSVhsv(60, 80%, 89%)
CMYKcmyk(0.4%, 0%, 80.1%, 11.4%)
CIE-LABlab(87.29, -19.34, 79.56)
CIE-LCHlch(87.29, 81.88, 103.67°)
OKLaboklab(88.38% -0.0624 0.1719)
OKLCHoklch(88.38% 0.183 110)
XYZxyz(58.7236, 70.5915, 13.0143)
Luminance0.7059 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#E1E22D #2E2DE2
analogous
#E2882D #E1E22D #87E22D
triadic
#E1E22D #2DE1E2 #E22DE1
tetradic
#E1E22D #2DE288 #2E2DE2 #E22D87
square
#E1E22D #2DE288 #2E2DE2 #E22D87
split-complementary
#E1E22D #2D87E2 #882DE2
monochromatic
#828312 #B7B819 #E1E22D #E9E963 #F0F199

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.39
#E1E22D on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.12
#E1E22D on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E1E22D
15.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##E1E22D#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##E1E22D1.001.3915.1215.12
#FFFFFF1.391.0021.0021.00
#00000015.1221.001.001.00
##00000015.1221.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#F5D800
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#F6DD3F
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F1D3C2
Achromatopsia (no color)
#DBDBDB

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #e1e22d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 226, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.4% 0.183 110.0);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efea77',
    500: '#e1e22d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #e1e22d;
$custom-light: #efea77;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#e1e22d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.331,
    "s": 75.732,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88378,
    "c": 0.18285,
    "h": 110
  },
  "luminance": 0.7059
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#E1E22D
secondary
#2B2A89
accent
#35F237
background
#FFFEFB
surface
#FFFDF2
border
#D7D5CC
text
#17160A
muted
#85847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E1E22D

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#E1E22D Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva