#E1E455#E1E455

#E1E455 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.722; OKLCH L 89.1% C 0.162 H 110.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#E1E455
RGBrgb(225, 228, 85)
HSLhsl(61, 73%, 61%)
HSVhsv(61, 63%, 89%)
CMYKcmyk(1.3%, 0%, 62.7%, 10.6%)
CIE-LABlab(88.04, -18.50, 66.97)
CIE-LCHlch(88.04, 69.47, 105.44°)
OKLaboklab(89.05% -0.0565 0.1518)
OKLCHoklch(89.05% 0.162 110.4)
XYZxyz(60.4363, 72.1518, 19.3356)
Luminance0.7215 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#E1E455 #5855E4
analogous
#E4A055 #E1E455 #9AE455
triadic
#E1E455 #55E1E4 #E455E1
tetradic
#E1E455 #55E4A0 #5855E4 #E4559A
square
#E1E455 #55E4A0 #5855E4 #E4559A
split-complementary
#E1E455 #559AE4 #A055E4
monochromatic
#A2A41A #D5D923 #E1E455 #EAEC8A #F4F5BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.36
#E1E455 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.43
#E1E455 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E1E455
15.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##E1E455#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##E1E4551.001.3615.4315.43
#FFFFFF1.361.0021.0021.00
#00000015.4321.001.001.00
##00000015.4321.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#F5DB43
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#F6DF5E
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F0D7C6
Achromatopsia (no color)
#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #e1e455;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 228, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.1% 0.162 110.4);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eeec8b',
    500: '#e1e455',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #e1e455;
$custom-light: #eeec8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#e1e455",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.259,
    "s": 72.589,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89053,
    "c": 0.16202,
    "h": 110.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.7215
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#E1E455
secondary
#3936A7
accent
#11D515
background
#FFFEFC
surface
#FEFDF4
border
#D6D5CE
text
#17160C
muted
#85847F

Preview Lab

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#E1E455 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva