#E1E245#E1E245

#E1E245 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.708; OKLCH L 88.5% C 0.171 H 109.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E1E245
RGB	rgb(225, 226, 69)
HSL	hsl(60, 73%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(60, 69%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.4%, 0%, 69.5%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.40, -18.40, 72.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.40, 74.66, 104.27°)
OKLab	oklab(88.51% -0.0578 0.1607)
OKLCH	oklch(88.51% 0.171 109.8)
XYZ	xyz(59.3239, 70.8316, 16.1760)
Luminance	0.7083 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E1E245 #4645E2

analogous

#E29445 #E1E245 #93E245

triadic

#E1E245 #45E1E2 #E245E1

tetradic

#E1E245 #45E294 #4645E2 #E24593

square

#E1E245 #45E294 #4645E2 #E24593

split-complementary

#E1E245 #4593E2 #9445E2

monochromatic

#959517 #C9CA20 #E1E245 #EAEA7A #F2F3AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.38

#E1E245 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.17

#E1E245 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E1E245

15.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E1E245	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E1E245	1.00	1.38	15.17	15.17
#FFFFFF	1.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4D82A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6DD51

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F1D4C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DBDBDB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e1e245;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 226, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.5% 0.171 109.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eeea82',
    500: '#e1e245',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e1e245;
$custom-light: #eeea82;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e1e245",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.382,
    "s": 73.023,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88508,
    "c": 0.17079,
    "h": 109.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.7083
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E1E245

secondary

#32329A

accent

#38F039

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFDF2

border

#D6D5CC

text

#17160B

muted

#85847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E1E245

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

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