#E1E356#E1E356

#E1E356 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.716; OKLCH L 88.9% C 0.160 H 110.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E1E356
RGB	rgb(225, 227, 86)
HSL	hsl(61, 72%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(61, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.9%, 0%, 62.1%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.78, -17.95, 66.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.78, 68.68, 105.15°)
OKLab	oklab(88.85% -0.0549 0.1506)
OKLCH	oklch(88.85% 0.16 110)
XYZ	xyz(60.2020, 71.6192, 19.4549)
Luminance	0.7162 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E1E356 #5856E3

analogous

#E39F56 #E1E356 #9BE356

triadic

#E1E356 #56E1E3 #E356E1

tetradic

#E1E356 #56E39F #5856E3 #E3569B

square

#E1E356 #56E39F #5856E3 #E3569B

split-complementary

#E1E356 #569BE3 #9F56E3

monochromatic

#A2A41B #D5D824 #E1E356 #EAEC8B #F4F4BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.37

#E1E356 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.32

#E1E356 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E1E356

15.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E1E356	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E1E356	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)

#F4DA44

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5DE5F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F0D6C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DCDCDC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e1e356;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 227, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.9% 0.160 110.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edeb8c',
    500: '#e1e356',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e1e356;
$custom-light: #edeb8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e1e356",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 227,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.851,
    "s": 71.574,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88851,
    "c": 0.16025,
    "h": 110
  },
  "luminance": 0.71618
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E1E356

secondary

#3937A6

accent

#12D415

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E1E356

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

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