#E1E362#E1E362

#E1E362 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.718; OKLCH L 89.0% C 0.151 H 109.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E1E362
RGB	rgb(225, 227, 98)
HSL	hsl(61, 70%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(61, 57%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.9%, 0%, 56.8%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.89, -17.14, 61.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.89, 63.72, 105.61°)
OKLab	oklab(88.96% -0.0514 0.1417)
OKLCH	oklch(88.96% 0.151 109.9)
XYZ	xyz(60.7267, 71.8291, 22.2184)
Luminance	0.7183 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E1E362 #6462E3

analogous

#E3A462 #E1E362 #A0E362

triadic

#E1E362 #62E1E3 #E362E1

tetradic

#E1E362 #62E3A4 #6462E3 #E362A0

square

#E1E362 #62E3A4 #6462E3 #E362A0

split-complementary

#E1E362 #62A0E3 #A462E3

monochromatic

#AAAC1F #D7DA2E #E1E362 #EBEC96 #F5F6CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.37

#E1E362 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.37

#E1E362 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E1E362

15.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E1E362	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E1E362	1.00	1.37	15.37	15.37
#FFFFFF	1.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F3DA54

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5DE69

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EFD6C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DCDCDC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e1e362;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 227, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.0% 0.151 109.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edeb93',
    500: '#e1e362',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e1e362;
$custom-light: #edeb93;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e1e362",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 227,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.93,
    "s": 69.73,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88964,
    "c": 0.1507,
    "h": 109.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.71828
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E1E362

secondary

#3D3CAE

accent

#14D217

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E1E362

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

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