#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
RGB	rgb(225, 227, 85)
HSL	hsl(61, 72%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(61, 63%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.9%, 0%, 62.6%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.78, -18.01, 66.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.78, 69.08, 105.11°)
OKLab	oklab(88.84% -0.0552 0.1512)
OKLCH	oklch(88.84% 0.161 110)
XYZ	xyz(60.1620, 71.6032, 19.2442)
Luminance	0.7160 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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
##E1E355	1.00	1.37	15.32	15.32
#FFFFFF	1.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

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

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