#E1E371#E1E371

#E1E371 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.721; OKLCH L 89.1% C 0.137 H 109.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E1E371
RGB	rgb(225, 227, 113)
HSL	hsl(61, 67%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(61, 50%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.9%, 0%, 50.2%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.04, -15.96, 54.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.04, 57.09, 106.24°)
OKLab	oklab(89.13% -0.0465 0.1291)
OKLCH	oklch(89.13% 0.137 109.8)
XYZ	xyz(61.5024, 72.1394, 26.3041)
Luminance	0.7214 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E1E371 #7371E3

analogous

#E3AC71 #E1E371 #A8E371

triadic

#E1E371 #71E1E3 #E371E1

tetradic

#E1E371 #71E3AC #7371E3 #E371A8

square

#E1E371 #71E3AC #7371E3 #E371A8

split-complementary

#E1E371 #71A8E3 #AC71E3

monochromatic

#B3B624 #D6D93E #E1E371 #ECEDA4 #F7F7D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.36

#E1E371 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.43

#E1E371 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E1E371

15.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E1E371	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E1E371	1.00	1.36	15.43	15.43
#FFFFFF	1.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F2DB66

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F3DF77

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EED7C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e1e371;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 227, 113);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.1% 0.137 109.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eceb9d',
    500: '#e1e371',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e1e371;
$custom-light: #eceb9d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e1e371",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 227,
    "b": 113
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.053,
    "s": 67.059,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89131,
    "c": 0.13725,
    "h": 109.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.72138
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E1E371

secondary

#4442B6

accent

#17CF1A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#17160E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E1E371

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

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