#E1E462#E1E462

#E1E462 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.724; OKLCH L 89.2% C 0.152 H 110.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E1E462
RGB	rgb(225, 228, 98)
HSL	hsl(61, 71%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(61, 57%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.3%, 0%, 57%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.15, -17.63, 61.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.15, 64.13, 105.96°)
OKLab	oklab(89.18% -0.0528 0.1423)
OKLCH	oklch(89.18% 0.152 110.3)
XYZ	xyz(61.0010, 72.3777, 22.3098)
Luminance	0.7238 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E1E462 #6562E4

analogous

#E4A662 #E1E462 #A0E462

triadic

#E1E462 #62E1E4 #E462E1

tetradic

#E1E462 #62E4A6 #6562E4 #E462A0

square

#E1E462 #62E4A6 #6562E4 #E462A0

split-complementary

#E1E462 #62A0E4 #A662E4

monochromatic

#AAAE1E #D7DB2E #E1E462 #EBED96 #F5F6CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.36

#E1E462 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.48

#E1E462 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E1E462

15.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E1E462	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E1E462	1.00	1.36	15.48	15.48
#FFFFFF	1.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4DB54

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5DF6A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EFD7C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e1e462;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 228, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.2% 0.152 110.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edec93',
    500: '#e1e462',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e1e462;
$custom-light: #edec93;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e1e462",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.385,
    "s": 70.652,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89175,
    "c": 0.15177,
    "h": 110.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.72376
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E1E462

secondary

#3E3BAF

accent

#13D317

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E1E462

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

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