#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
RGB	rgb(225, 226, 45)
HSL	hsl(60, 76%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(60, 80%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.4%, 0%, 80.1%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.29, -19.34, 79.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.29, 81.88, 103.67°)
OKLab	oklab(88.38% -0.0624 0.1719)
OKLCH	oklch(88.38% 0.183 110)
XYZ	xyz(58.7236, 70.5915, 13.0143)
Luminance	0.7059 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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
##E1E22D	1.00	1.39	15.12	15.12
#FFFFFF	1.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

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

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