#E1E461#E1E461

#E1E461 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.724; 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	#E1E461
RGB	rgb(225, 228, 97)
HSL	hsl(61, 71%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(61, 57%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.3%, 0%, 57.5%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.14, -17.70, 62.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.14, 64.56, 105.92°)
OKLab	oklab(89.17% -0.0531 0.1431)
OKLCH	oklch(89.17% 0.153 110.4)
XYZ	xyz(60.9541, 72.3589, 22.0627)
Luminance	0.7236 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E1E461 #6461E4

analogous

#E4A561 #E1E461 #9FE461

triadic

#E1E461 #61E1E4 #E461E1

tetradic

#E1E461 #61E4A5 #6461E4 #E4619F

square

#E1E461 #61E4A5 #6461E4 #E4619F

split-complementary

#E1E461 #619FE4 #A561E4

monochromatic

#AAAD1E #D7DB2D #E1E461 #EBED95 #F5F6CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.36

#E1E461 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.47

#E1E461 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E1E461

15.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E1E461	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E1E461	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)

#F4DB53

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5DF69

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EFD7C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e1e461;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 228, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.2% 0.153 110.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edec93',
    500: '#e1e461',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e1e461;
$custom-light: #edec93;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e1e461",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.374,
    "s": 70.811,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89165,
    "c": 0.15261,
    "h": 110.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.72357
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E1E461

secondary

#3D3BAE

accent

#13D317

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E1E461

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

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