#E1E45C#E1E45C

#E1E45C 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	#E1E45C
RGB	rgb(225, 228, 92)
HSL	hsl(61, 72%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(61, 60%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.3%, 0%, 59.6%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.10, -18.05, 64.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.10, 66.65, 105.71°)
OKLab	oklab(89.12% -0.0546 0.1469)
OKLCH	oklch(89.12% 0.157 110.4)
XYZ	xyz(60.7282, 72.2686, 20.8734)
Luminance	0.7227 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E1E45C #5F5CE4

analogous

#E4A35C #E1E45C #9DE45C

triadic

#E1E45C #5CE1E4 #E45CE1

tetradic

#E1E45C #5CE4A3 #5F5CE4 #E45C9D

square

#E1E45C #5CE4A3 #5F5CE4 #E45C9D

split-complementary

#E1E45C #5C9DE4 #A35CE4

monochromatic

#A6AA1C #D7DB27 #E1E45C #EBED91 #F4F5C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.36

#E1E45C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.45

#E1E45C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E1E45C

15.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E1E45C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E1E45C	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)

#F5DB4C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6DF64

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EFD7C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e1e45c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 228, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.1% 0.157 110.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edec90',
    500: '#e1e45c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e1e45c;
$custom-light: #edec90;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e1e45c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.324,
    "s": 71.579,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89116,
    "c": 0.15666,
    "h": 110.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.72267
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E1E45C

secondary

#3B39AB

accent

#12D416

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E1E45C

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

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