#E1E359#E1E359

#E1E359 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.717; OKLCH L 88.9% C 0.158 H 110.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E1E359
RGB	rgb(225, 227, 89)
HSL	hsl(61, 71%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(61, 61%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.9%, 0%, 60.8%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.81, -17.76, 65.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.81, 67.47, 105.26°)
OKLab	oklab(88.88% -0.054 0.1484)
OKLCH	oklch(88.88% 0.158 110)
XYZ	xyz(60.3254, 71.6686, 20.1049)
Luminance	0.7167 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E1E359 #5B59E3

analogous

#E3A059 #E1E359 #9CE359

triadic

#E1E359 #59E1E3 #E359E1

tetradic

#E1E359 #59E3A0 #5B59E3 #E3599C

square

#E1E359 #59E3A0 #5B59E3 #E3599C

split-complementary

#E1E359 #599CE3 #A059E3

monochromatic

#A4A61C #D7DA25 #E1E359 #EAEC8D #F4F5C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.37

#E1E359 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.33

#E1E359 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E1E359

15.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E1E359	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E1E359	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)

#F4DA48

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5DE62

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F0D6C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DCDCDC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e1e359;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 227, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.9% 0.158 110.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edeb8e',
    500: '#e1e359',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e1e359;
$custom-light: #edeb8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e1e359",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 227,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.87,
    "s": 71.134,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88877,
    "c": 0.15796,
    "h": 110
  },
  "luminance": 0.71667
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E1E359

secondary

#3A38A8

accent

#12D315

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E1E359

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

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