#E1E351#E1E351

#E1E351 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.715; OKLCH L 88.8% C 0.164 H 110.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E1E351
RGB	rgb(225, 227, 81)
HSL	hsl(61, 72%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(61, 64%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.9%, 0%, 64.3%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.75, -18.25, 68.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.75, 70.64, 104.97°)
OKLab	oklab(88.81% -0.0562 0.1539)
OKLCH	oklch(88.81% 0.164 110.1)
XYZ	xyz(60.0075, 71.5414, 18.4308)
Luminance	0.7154 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E1E351 #5351E3

analogous

#E39C51 #E1E351 #98E351

triadic

#E1E351 #51E1E3 #E351E1

tetradic

#E1E351 #51E39C #5351E3 #E35198

square

#E1E351 #51E39C #5351E3 #E35198

split-complementary

#E1E351 #5198E3 #9C51E3

monochromatic

#9EA01A #D2D522 #E1E351 #EAEB86 #F3F4BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.37

#E1E351 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.31

#E1E351 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E1E351

15.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E1E351	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E1E351	1.00	1.37	15.31	15.31
#FFFFFF	1.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4DA3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6DE5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F0D5C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DCDCDC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e1e351;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 227, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.8% 0.164 110.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eeeb89',
    500: '#e1e351',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e1e351;
$custom-light: #eeeb89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e1e351",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 227,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.822,
    "s": 72.277,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88809,
    "c": 0.16389,
    "h": 110.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.7154
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E1E351

secondary

#3735A3

accent

#11D414

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E1E351

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

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