#E1E252#E1E252

#E1E252 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.710; OKLCH L 88.6% C 0.162 H 109.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E1E252
RGB	rgb(225, 226, 82)
HSL	hsl(60, 71%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(60, 64%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.4%, 0%, 63.7%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.49, -17.70, 67.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.49, 69.86, 104.68°)
OKLab	oklab(88.61% -0.0546 0.1527)
OKLCH	oklch(88.61% 0.162 109.7)
XYZ	xyz(59.7726, 71.0111, 18.5389)
Luminance	0.7101 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E1E252 #5352E2

analogous

#E29B52 #E1E252 #99E252

triadic

#E1E252 #52E1E2 #E252E1

tetradic

#E1E252 #52E29B #5352E2 #E25299

square

#E1E252 #52E29B #5352E2 #E25299

split-complementary

#E1E252 #5299E2 #9B52E2

monochromatic

#9E9F1B #D2D323 #E1E252 #EAEB86 #F3F4BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.38

#E1E252 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.20

#E1E252 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E1E252

15.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E1E252	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E1E252	1.00	1.38	15.20	15.20
#FFFFFF	1.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F3D93F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5DD5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F0D4C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DBDBDB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e1e252;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 226, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.6% 0.162 109.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eeea89',
    500: '#e1e252',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e1e252;
$custom-light: #eeea89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e1e252",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.417,
    "s": 71.287,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88606,
    "c": 0.16216,
    "h": 109.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.71009
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E1E252

secondary

#3736A2

accent

#12D314

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E1E252

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

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