#E1E456#E1E456

#E1E456 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.722; OKLCH L 89.1% C 0.161 H 110.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E1E456
RGB	rgb(225, 228, 86)
HSL	hsl(61, 72%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(61, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.3%, 0%, 62.3%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.05, -18.44, 66.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.05, 69.08, 105.48°)
OKLab	oklab(89.06% -0.0563 0.1511)
OKLCH	oklch(89.06% 0.161 110.4)
XYZ	xyz(60.4763, 72.1678, 19.5463)
Luminance	0.7217 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E1E456 #5956E4

analogous

#E4A056 #E1E456 #9AE456

triadic

#E1E456 #56E1E4 #E456E1

tetradic

#E1E456 #56E4A0 #5956E4 #E4569A

square

#E1E456 #56E4A0 #5956E4 #E4569A

split-complementary

#E1E456 #569AE4 #A056E4

monochromatic

#A2A51A #D6DA23 #E1E456 #EAEC8B #F4F5C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.36

#E1E456 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.43

#E1E456 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E1E456

15.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E1E456	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E1E456	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)

#F5DB44

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6DF5F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F0D7C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e1e456;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 228, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.1% 0.161 110.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edec8c',
    500: '#e1e456',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e1e456;
$custom-light: #edec8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e1e456",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.268,
    "s": 72.449,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89062,
    "c": 0.16127,
    "h": 110.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.72166
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E1E456

secondary

#3937A7

accent

#11D515

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E1E456

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

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