#E1E233#E1E233

#E1E233 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.706; OKLCH L 88.4% C 0.180 H 109.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E1E233
RGB	rgb(225, 226, 51)
HSL	hsl(60, 75%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(60, 77%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.4%, 0%, 77.4%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.31, -19.15, 77.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.31, 80.30, 103.80°)
OKLab	oklab(88.41% -0.0614 0.1695)
OKLCH	oklch(88.41% 0.18 109.9)
XYZ	xyz(58.8475, 70.6411, 13.6665)
Luminance	0.7064 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E1E233 #3433E2

analogous

#E28C33 #E1E233 #8AE233

triadic

#E1E233 #33E1E2 #E233E1

tetradic

#E1E233 #33E28C #3433E2 #E2338A

square

#E1E233 #33E28C #3433E2 #E2338A

split-complementary

#E1E233 #338AE2 #8C33E2

monochromatic

#878713 #BCBD1B #E1E233 #E9EA69 #F1F19E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.39

#E1E233 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.13

#E1E233 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E1E233

15.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E1E233	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E1E233	1.00	1.39	15.13	15.13
#FFFFFF	1.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4D800

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6DD43

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F1D3C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DBDBDB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e1e233;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 226, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.4% 0.180 109.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efea7a',
    500: '#e1e233',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e1e233;
$custom-light: #efea7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e1e233",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.343,
    "s": 75.107,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88405,
    "c": 0.18031,
    "h": 109.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.70639
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E1E233

secondary

#2C2C8D

accent

#36F237

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFDF2

border

#D7D5CC

text

#17160A

muted

#85847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E1E233

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

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