#E1E231#E1E231

#E1E231 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.706; OKLCH L 88.4% C 0.181 H 109.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E1E231
RGB	rgb(225, 226, 49)
HSL	hsl(60, 75%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(60, 78%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.4%, 0%, 78.3%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.30, -19.22, 78.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.30, 80.84, 103.75°)
OKLab	oklab(88.4% -0.0618 0.1703)
OKLCH	oklch(88.4% 0.181 109.9)
XYZ	xyz(58.8043, 70.6238, 13.4393)
Luminance	0.7062 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E1E231 #3231E2

analogous

#E28B31 #E1E231 #89E231

triadic

#E1E231 #31E1E2 #E231E1

tetradic

#E1E231 #31E28B #3231E2 #E23189

square

#E1E231 #31E28B #3231E2 #E23189

split-complementary

#E1E231 #3189E2 #8B31E2

monochromatic

#858613 #BBBB1A #E1E231 #E9EA67 #F1F19C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.39

#E1E231 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.12

#E1E231 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E1E231

15.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E1E231	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E1E231	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)

#F6DD41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F1D3C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DBDBDB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e1e231;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 226, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.4% 0.181 109.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efea79',
    500: '#e1e231',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e1e231;
$custom-light: #efea79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e1e231",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.339,
    "s": 75.319,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88395,
    "c": 0.18119,
    "h": 109.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.70622
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E1E231

secondary

#2C2B8C

accent

#36F237

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFDF2

border

#D7D5CC

text

#17160A

muted

#85847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E1E231

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

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