#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
RGBrgb(225, 228, 86)
HSLhsl(61, 72%, 62%)
HSVhsv(61, 62%, 89%)
CMYKcmyk(1.3%, 0%, 62.3%, 10.6%)
CIE-LABlab(88.05, -18.44, 66.57)
CIE-LCHlch(88.05, 69.08, 105.48°)
OKLaboklab(89.06% -0.0563 0.1511)
OKLCHoklch(89.06% 0.161 110.4)
XYZxyz(60.4763, 72.1678, 19.5463)
Luminance0.7217 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

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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
##E1E4561.001.3615.4315.43
#FFFFFF1.361.0021.0021.00
#00000015.4321.001.001.00
##00000015.4321.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#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

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#E1E456 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva