#E1E459#E1E459

#E1E459 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.722; OKLCH L 89.1% C 0.159 H 110.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E1E459
RGB	rgb(225, 228, 89)
HSL	hsl(61, 72%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(61, 61%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.3%, 0%, 61%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.07, -18.25, 65.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.07, 67.88, 105.60°)
OKLab	oklab(89.09% -0.0554 0.149)
OKLCH	oklch(89.09% 0.159 110.4)
XYZ	xyz(60.5997, 72.2172, 20.1963)
Luminance	0.7222 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E1E459 #5C59E4

analogous

#E4A259 #E1E459 #9CE459

triadic

#E1E459 #59E1E4 #E459E1

tetradic

#E1E459 #59E4A2 #5C59E4 #E4599C

square

#E1E459 #59E4A2 #5C59E4 #E4599C

split-complementary

#E1E459 #599CE4 #A259E4

monochromatic

#A4A71B #D7DB24 #E1E459 #EBED8E #F4F5C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.36

#E1E459 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.44

#E1E459 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E1E459

15.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E1E459	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E1E459	1.00	1.36	15.44	15.44
#FFFFFF	1.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F5DB48

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6DF62

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F0D7C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e1e459;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 228, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.1% 0.159 110.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edec8e',
    500: '#e1e459',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e1e459;
$custom-light: #edec8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e1e459",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.295,
    "s": 72.021,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89088,
    "c": 0.159,
    "h": 110.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.72216
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E1E459

secondary

#3A38A9

accent

#11D416

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E1E459

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

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