#E1E361#E1E361

#E1E361 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.718; OKLCH L 89.0% C 0.152 H 109.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E1E361
RGB	rgb(225, 227, 97)
HSL	hsl(61, 70%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(61, 57%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.9%, 0%, 57.3%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.88, -17.21, 61.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.88, 64.14, 105.57°)
OKLab	oklab(88.95% -0.0517 0.1425)
OKLCH	oklch(88.95% 0.152 109.9)
XYZ	xyz(60.6798, 71.8103, 21.9713)
Luminance	0.7181 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E1E361 #6361E3

analogous

#E3A461 #E1E361 #A0E361

triadic

#E1E361 #61E1E3 #E361E1

tetradic

#E1E361 #61E3A4 #6361E3 #E361A0

square

#E1E361 #61E3A4 #6361E3 #E361A0

split-complementary

#E1E361 #61A0E3 #A461E3

monochromatic

#A9AB1E #D7DA2D #E1E361 #EBEC95 #F5F5C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.37

#E1E361 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.36

#E1E361 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E1E361

15.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E1E361	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E1E361	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)

#F3DA53

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5DE69

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EFD6C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DCDCDC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e1e361;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 227, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.0% 0.152 109.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edeb92',
    500: '#e1e361',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e1e361;
$custom-light: #edeb92;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e1e361",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 227,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.923,
    "s": 69.892,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88954,
    "c": 0.15153,
    "h": 109.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.71809
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E1E361

secondary

#3D3BAD

accent

#14D217

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E1E361

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

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