#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
RGBrgb(225, 227, 87)
HSLhsl(61, 71%, 62%)
HSVhsv(61, 62%, 89%)
CMYKcmyk(0.9%, 0%, 61.7%, 11%)
CIE-LABlab(87.79, -17.89, 65.90)
CIE-LCHlch(87.79, 68.28, 105.19°)
OKLaboklab(88.86% -0.0546 0.1499)
OKLCHoklch(88.86% 0.159 110)
XYZxyz(60.2425, 71.6354, 19.6686)
Luminance0.7163 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

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
##E1E3571.001.3715.3315.33
#FFFFFF1.371.0021.0021.00
#00000015.3321.001.001.00
##00000015.3321.001.001.00

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

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#E1E357 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva