#E1E451#E1E451

#E1E451 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.721; OKLCH L 89.0% C 0.165 H 110.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E1E451
RGB	rgb(225, 228, 81)
HSL	hsl(61, 73%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(61, 64%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.3%, 0%, 64.5%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.01, -18.74, 68.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.01, 71.03, 105.30°)
OKLab	oklab(89.02% -0.0576 0.1545)
OKLCH	oklch(89.02% 0.165 110.5)
XYZ	xyz(60.2818, 72.0900, 18.5223)
Luminance	0.7209 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E1E451 #5451E4

analogous

#E49D51 #E1E451 #98E451

triadic

#E1E451 #51E1E4 #E451E1

tetradic

#E1E451 #51E49D #5451E4 #E45198

square

#E1E451 #51E49D #5451E4 #E45198

split-complementary

#E1E451 #5198E4 #9D51E4

monochromatic

#9FA219 #D3D721 #E1E451 #EAEC86 #F3F4BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.36

#E1E451 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.42

#E1E451 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E1E451

15.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E1E451	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E1E451	1.00	1.36	15.42	15.42
#FFFFFF	1.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F5DA3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6DF5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F0D6C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e1e451;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 228, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.0% 0.165 110.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eeec89',
    500: '#e1e451',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e1e451;
$custom-light: #eeec89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e1e451",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.224,
    "s": 73.134,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8902,
    "c": 0.1649,
    "h": 110.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.72088
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E1E451

secondary

#3735A4

accent

#10D514

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E1E451

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

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