#E1E248#E1E248

#E1E248 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.709; OKLCH L 88.5% C 0.169 H 109.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E1E248
RGB	rgb(225, 226, 72)
HSL	hsl(60, 73%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(60, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.4%, 0%, 68.1%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.42, -18.25, 71.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.42, 73.60, 104.36°)
OKLab	oklab(88.53% -0.0571 0.159)
OKLCH	oklch(88.53% 0.169 109.8)
XYZ	xyz(59.4194, 70.8698, 16.6789)
Luminance	0.7087 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E1E248 #4948E2

analogous

#E29648 #E1E248 #94E248

triadic

#E1E248 #48E1E2 #E248E1

tetradic

#E1E248 #48E296 #4948E2 #E24894

square

#E1E248 #48E296 #4948E2 #E24894

split-complementary

#E1E248 #4894E2 #9648E2

monochromatic

#979818 #CBCC20 #E1E248 #EAEA7D #F2F3B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.38

#E1E248 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.17

#E1E248 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E1E248

15.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E1E248	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E1E248	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)

#F4D92F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5DD53

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F0D4C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DBDBDB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e1e248;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 226, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.5% 0.169 109.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eeea84',
    500: '#e1e248',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e1e248;
$custom-light: #eeea84;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e1e248",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.39,
    "s": 72.642,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88529,
    "c": 0.16892,
    "h": 109.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.70868
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E1E248

secondary

#33339C

accent

#38EF3A

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFDF2

border

#D6D5CC

text

#17160B

muted

#85847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E1E248

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

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