#E1E355#E1E355

#E1E355 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.716; OKLCH L 88.8% C 0.161 H 110.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#E1E355
RGBrgb(225, 227, 85)
HSLhsl(61, 72%, 61%)
HSVhsv(61, 63%, 89%)
CMYKcmyk(0.9%, 0%, 62.6%, 11%)
CIE-LABlab(87.78, -18.01, 66.69)
CIE-LCHlch(87.78, 69.08, 105.11°)
OKLaboklab(88.84% -0.0552 0.1512)
OKLCHoklch(88.84% 0.161 110)
XYZxyz(60.1620, 71.6032, 19.2442)
Luminance0.7160 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#E1E355 #5755E3
analogous
#E39E55 #E1E355 #9AE355
triadic
#E1E355 #55E1E3 #E355E1
tetradic
#E1E355 #55E39E #5755E3 #E3559A
square
#E1E355 #55E39E #5755E3 #E3559A
split-complementary
#E1E355 #559AE3 #9E55E3
monochromatic
#A1A31B #D5D723 #E1E355 #EAEC8A #F4F4BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.37
#E1E355 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.32
#E1E355 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E1E355
15.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##E1E355#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##E1E3551.001.3715.3215.32
#FFFFFF1.371.0021.0021.00
#00000015.3221.001.001.00
##00000015.3221.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#F4DA43
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#F5DE5E
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F0D6C6
Achromatopsia (no color)
#DCDCDC

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #e1e355;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 227, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.8% 0.161 110.0);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eeeb8b',
    500: '#e1e355',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #e1e355;
$custom-light: #eeeb8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#e1e355",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 227,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.845,
    "s": 71.717,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88842,
    "c": 0.16099,
    "h": 110
  },
  "luminance": 0.71602
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#E1E355
secondary
#3837A5
accent
#12D414
background
#FFFEFC
surface
#FEFDF4
border
#D6D5CE
text
#17160C
muted
#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E1E355

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#E1E355 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva