#E1E45B#E1E45B

#E1E45B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.723; OKLCH L 89.1% C 0.157 H 110.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E1E45B
RGB	rgb(225, 228, 91)
HSL	hsl(61, 72%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(61, 60%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.3%, 0%, 60.1%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.09, -18.12, 64.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.09, 67.06, 105.67°)
OKLab	oklab(89.11% -0.0549 0.1476)
OKLCH	oklch(89.11% 0.157 110.4)
XYZ	xyz(60.6848, 72.2512, 20.6447)
Luminance	0.7225 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E1E45B #5E5BE4

analogous

#E4A35B #E1E45B #9CE45B

triadic

#E1E45B #5BE1E4 #E45BE1

tetradic

#E1E45B #5BE4A3 #5E5BE4 #E45B9C

square

#E1E45B #5BE4A3 #5E5BE4 #E45B9C

split-complementary

#E1E45B #5B9CE4 #A35BE4

monochromatic

#A6A91C #D7DB26 #E1E45B #EBED90 #F4F5C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.36

#E1E45B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.45

#E1E45B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E1E45B

15.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E1E45B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E1E45B	1.00	1.36	15.45	15.45
#FFFFFF	1.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F5DB4B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6DF63

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EFD7C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e1e45b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 228, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.1% 0.157 110.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edec8f',
    500: '#e1e45b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e1e45b;
$custom-light: #edec8f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e1e45b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.314,
    "s": 71.728,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89107,
    "c": 0.15746,
    "h": 110.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.7225
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E1E45B

secondary

#3B39AB

accent

#12D416

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E1E45B

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

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