#E1E357#E1E357

#E1E357 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.716; OKLCH L 88.9% C 0.159 H 110.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E1E357
RGB	rgb(225, 227, 87)
HSL	hsl(61, 71%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(61, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.9%, 0%, 61.7%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.79, -17.89, 65.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.79, 68.28, 105.19°)
OKLab	oklab(88.86% -0.0546 0.1499)
OKLCH	oklch(88.86% 0.159 110)
XYZ	xyz(60.2425, 71.6354, 19.6686)
Luminance	0.7163 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E1E357 #5957E3

analogous

#E39F57 #E1E357 #9BE357

triadic

#E1E357 #57E1E3 #E357E1

tetradic

#E1E357 #57E39F #5957E3 #E3579B

square

#E1E357 #57E39F #5957E3 #E3579B

split-complementary

#E1E357 #579BE3 #9F57E3

monochromatic

#A2A41B #D6D924 #E1E357 #EAEC8B #F4F4C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.37

#E1E357 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.33

#E1E357 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E1E357

15.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E1E357	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E1E357	1.00	1.37	15.33	15.33
#FFFFFF	1.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4DA46

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5DE60

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F0D6C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DCDCDC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e1e357;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 227, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.9% 0.159 110.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edeb8c',
    500: '#e1e357',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e1e357;
$custom-light: #edeb8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e1e357",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 227,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.857,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8886,
    "c": 0.15949,
    "h": 110
  },
  "luminance": 0.71634
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E1E357

secondary

#3938A7

accent

#12D315

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E1E357

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

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