#E1E452#E1E452
#E1E452 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.721; OKLCH L 89.0% C 0.164 H 110.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E1E452 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(225, 228, 82) |
| HSL | hsl(61, 73%, 61%) |
| HSV | hsv(61, 64%, 89%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(1.3%, 0%, 64%, 10.6%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(88.02, -18.68, 68.13) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(88.02, 70.65, 105.33°) |
| OKLab | oklab(89.03% -0.0574 0.1538) |
| OKLCH | oklch(89.03% 0.164 110.4) |
| XYZ | xyz(60.3196, 72.1051, 18.7212) |
| Luminance | 0.7210 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Sickly Yellow
#D0E429
ΔE00 4.03
Off Yellow
#F1F33F
ΔE00 4.23
Yellowish
#FAEE66
ΔE00 4.48
Piss Yellow
#DDD618
ΔE00 4.94
Straw
#FCF679
ΔE00 5.17
Dull Yellow
#EEDC5B
ΔE00 5.26
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E1E452 #5552E4
analogous
#E49E52 #E1E452 #98E452
triadic
#E1E452 #52E1E4 #E452E1
tetradic
#E1E452 #52E49E #5552E4 #E45298
square
#E1E452 #52E49E #5552E4 #E45298
split-complementary
#E1E452 #5298E4 #9E52E4
monochromatic
#9FA219 #D3D722 #E1E452 #EAEC87 #F3F5BC
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.36
#E1E452 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
15.42
#E1E452 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E1E452
15.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E1E452 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E1E452 | 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)
#F5DA3E
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#F6DF5C
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F0D6C6
Achromatopsia (no color)
#DDDDDD
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e1e452; /* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 228, 82); /* oklch */ color: oklch(89.0% 0.164 110.4);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#eeec8a',
500: '#e1e452',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e1e452; $custom-light: #eeec8a; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e1e452",
"rgb": {
"r": 225,
"g": 228,
"b": 82
},
"hsl": {
"h": 61.233,
"s": 73,
"l": 60.784
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.89028,
"c": 0.16419,
"h": 110.4
},
"luminance": 0.72104
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E1E452
secondary
#3835A5
accent
#10D514
background
#FFFEFC
surface
#FEFDF4
border
#D6D5CE
text
#17160C
muted
#85847F