#E1E372#E1E372

#E1E372 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.722; OKLCH L 89.1% C 0.136 H 109.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E1E372
RGB	rgb(225, 227, 114)
HSL	hsl(61, 67%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(61, 50%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.9%, 0%, 49.8%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.05, -15.88, 54.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.05, 56.63, 106.28°)
OKLab	oklab(89.14% -0.0461 0.1283)
OKLCH	oklch(89.14% 0.136 109.8)
XYZ	xyz(61.5590, 72.1620, 26.6022)
Luminance	0.7216 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E1E372 #7472E3

analogous

#E3AD72 #E1E372 #A9E372

triadic

#E1E372 #72E1E3 #E372E1

tetradic

#E1E372 #72E3AD #7472E3 #E372A9

square

#E1E372 #72E3AD #7472E3 #E372A9

split-complementary

#E1E372 #72A9E3 #AD72E3

monochromatic

#B4B624 #D6D93F #E1E372 #ECEDA5 #F7F7D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.36

#E1E372 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.43

#E1E372 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E1E372

15.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E1E372	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E1E372	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)

#F2DB68

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F3DF78

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EED7C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e1e372;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 227, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.1% 0.136 109.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eceb9d',
    500: '#e1e372',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e1e372;
$custom-light: #eceb9d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e1e372",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 227,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.062,
    "s": 66.864,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89144,
    "c": 0.1363,
    "h": 109.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.72161
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E1E372

secondary

#4442B7

accent

#17CF1A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#17160E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E1E372

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

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