#E1E360#E1E360
#E1E360 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.718; OKLCH L 88.9% C 0.152 H 109.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E1E360 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(225, 227, 96) |
| HSL | hsl(61, 70%, 63%) |
| HSV | hsv(61, 58%, 89%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0.9%, 0%, 57.7%, 11%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(87.87, -17.29, 62.21) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(87.87, 64.57, 105.53°) |
| OKLab | oklab(88.94% -0.052 0.1432) |
| OKLCH | oklch(88.94% 0.152 109.9) |
| XYZ | xyz(60.6334, 71.7918, 21.7272) |
| Luminance | 0.7179 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Yellowish
#FAEE66
ΔE00 4.51
Straw
#FCF679
ΔE00 4.83
Dull Yellow
#EEDC5B
ΔE00 5.01
Sickly Yellow
#D0E429
ΔE00 5.13
Sandy Yellow
#FDEE73
ΔE00 5.16
Off Yellow
#F1F33F
ΔE00 5.39
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E1E360 #6260E3
analogous
#E3A360 #E1E360 #9FE360
triadic
#E1E360 #60E1E3 #E360E1
tetradic
#E1E360 #60E3A3 #6260E3 #E3609F
square
#E1E360 #60E3A3 #6260E3 #E3609F
split-complementary
#E1E360 #609FE3 #A360E3
monochromatic
#A8AB1E #D7DA2C #E1E360 #EBEC94 #F5F5C8
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.37
#E1E360 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
15.36
#E1E360 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E1E360
15.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E1E360 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E1E360 | 1.00 | 1.37 | 15.36 | 15.36 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.37 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 15.36 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 15.36 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#F3DA51
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#F5DE68
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#EFD6C7
Achromatopsia (no color)
#DCDCDC
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e1e360; /* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 227, 96); /* oklch */ color: oklch(88.9% 0.152 109.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#edeb92',
500: '#e1e360',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e1e360; $custom-light: #edeb92; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e1e360",
"rgb": {
"r": 225,
"g": 227,
"b": 96
},
"hsl": {
"h": 60.916,
"s": 70.053,
"l": 63.333
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.88944,
"c": 0.15237,
"h": 109.9
},
"luminance": 0.7179
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E1E360
secondary
#3D3BAC
accent
#13D216
background
#FFFEFC
surface
#FEFDF4
border
#D6D5CE
text
#17160D
muted
#85847F