#E1E442#E1E442

#E1E442 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.719; OKLCH L 88.9% C 0.175 H 110.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E1E442
RGB	rgb(225, 228, 66)
HSL	hsl(61, 75%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(61, 71%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.3%, 0%, 71.1%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.92, -19.52, 73.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.92, 76.42, 104.80°)
OKLab	oklab(88.91% -0.0612 0.1634)
OKLCH	oklch(88.91% 0.175 110.5)
XYZ	xyz(59.7802, 71.8893, 15.8802)
Luminance	0.7189 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E1E442 #4542E4

analogous

#E49642 #E1E442 #90E442

triadic

#E1E442 #42E1E4 #E442E1

tetradic

#E1E442 #42E496 #4542E4 #E44290

square

#E1E442 #42E496 #4542E4 #E44290

split-complementary

#E1E442 #4290E4 #9642E4

monochromatic

#949615 #C8CC1D #E1E442 #EAEC78 #F2F3AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.37

#E1E442 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.38

#E1E442 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E1E442

15.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E1E442	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E1E442	1.00	1.37	15.38	15.38
#FFFFFF	1.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F6DA23

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F7DF4F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F1D6C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DCDCDC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e1e442;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 228, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.9% 0.175 110.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eeec81',
    500: '#e1e442',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e1e442;
$custom-light: #eeec81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e1e442",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.111,
    "s": 75,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88912,
    "c": 0.17452,
    "h": 110.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.71888
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E1E442

secondary

#32309A

accent

#36F23A

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFDF2

border

#D6D5CC

text

#17160B

muted

#85847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E1E442

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

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