#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
RGBrgb(225, 227, 97)
HSLhsl(61, 70%, 64%)
HSVhsv(61, 57%, 89%)
CMYKcmyk(0.9%, 0%, 57.3%, 11%)
CIE-LABlab(87.88, -17.21, 61.79)
CIE-LCHlch(87.88, 64.14, 105.57°)
OKLaboklab(88.95% -0.0517 0.1425)
OKLCHoklch(88.95% 0.152 109.9)
XYZxyz(60.6798, 71.8103, 21.9713)
Luminance0.7181 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

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
##E1E3611.001.3715.3615.36
#FFFFFF1.371.0021.0021.00
#00000015.3621.001.001.00
##00000015.3621.001.001.00

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

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#E1E361 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva