#E1E249#E1E249

#E1E249 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.709; OKLCH L 88.5% C 0.168 H 109.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E1E249
RGB	rgb(225, 226, 73)
HSL	hsl(60, 73%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(60, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.4%, 0%, 67.7%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.43, -18.20, 70.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.43, 73.24, 104.39°)
OKLab	oklab(88.54% -0.0569 0.1584)
OKLCH	oklch(88.54% 0.168 109.8)
XYZ	xyz(59.4523, 70.8830, 16.8521)
Luminance	0.7088 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E1E249 #4A49E2

analogous

#E29649 #E1E249 #94E249

triadic

#E1E249 #49E1E2 #E249E1

tetradic

#E1E249 #49E296 #4A49E2 #E24994

square

#E1E249 #49E296 #4A49E2 #E24994

split-complementary

#E1E249 #4994E2 #9649E2

monochromatic

#979818 #CCCD21 #E1E249 #EAEA7E #F2F3B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.38

#E1E249 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.18

#E1E249 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E1E249

15.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E1E249	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E1E249	1.00	1.38	15.18	15.18
#FFFFFF	1.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4D931

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5DD54

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F0D4C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DBDBDB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e1e249;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 226, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.5% 0.168 109.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eeea85',
    500: '#e1e249',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e1e249;
$custom-light: #eeea85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e1e249",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.392,
    "s": 72.512,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88536,
    "c": 0.16828,
    "h": 109.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.70881
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E1E249

secondary

#34339C

accent

#39EF3A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF3

border

#D6D5CD

text

#17160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E1E249

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

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