#E1E460#E1E460
#E1E460 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.723; OKLCH L 89.2% C 0.153 H 110.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E1E460 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(225, 228, 96) |
| HSL | hsl(61, 71%, 64%) |
| HSV | hsv(61, 58%, 89%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(1.3%, 0%, 57.9%, 10.6%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(88.13, -17.78, 62.50) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(88.13, 64.98, 105.88°) |
| OKLab | oklab(89.16% -0.0534 0.1439) |
| OKLCH | oklch(89.16% 0.153 110.4) |
| XYZ | xyz(60.9077, 72.3404, 21.8187) |
| Luminance | 0.7234 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Yellowish
#FAEE66
ΔE00 4.56
Straw
#FCF679
ΔE00 4.77
Sickly Yellow
#D0E429
ΔE00 4.96
Off Yellow
#F1F33F
ΔE00 5.25
Sandy Yellow
#FDEE73
ΔE00 5.25
Dull Yellow
#EEDC5B
ΔE00 5.26
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E1E460 #6360E4
analogous
#E4A560 #E1E460 #9FE460
triadic
#E1E460 #60E1E4 #E460E1
tetradic
#E1E460 #60E4A5 #6360E4 #E4609F
square
#E1E460 #60E4A5 #6360E4 #E4609F
split-complementary
#E1E460 #609FE4 #A560E4
monochromatic
#A9AC1D #D7DB2C #E1E460 #EBED94 #F5F6C9
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.36
#E1E460 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
15.47
#E1E460 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E1E460
15.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E1E460 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E1E460 | 1.00 | 1.36 | 15.47 | 15.47 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.36 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 15.47 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 15.47 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#F4DB51
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#F6DF68
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#EFD7C8
Achromatopsia (no color)
#DDDDDD
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e1e460; /* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 228, 96); /* oklch */ color: oklch(89.2% 0.153 110.4);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#edec92',
500: '#e1e460',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e1e460; $custom-light: #edec92; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e1e460",
"rgb": {
"r": 225,
"g": 228,
"b": 96
},
"hsl": {
"h": 61.364,
"s": 70.968,
"l": 63.529
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.89155,
"c": 0.15343,
"h": 110.4
},
"luminance": 0.72339
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E1E460
secondary
#3D3AAE
accent
#13D317
background
#FFFEFC
surface
#FEFDF4
border
#D6D5CE
text
#17160D
muted
#85847F