#E1E487#E1E487

#E1E487 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.732; OKLCH L 89.6% C 0.116 H 110.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E1E487
RGB	rgb(225, 228, 135)
HSL	hsl(62, 63%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(62, 41%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.3%, 0%, 40.8%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.56, -14.37, 44.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.56, 47.20, 107.72°)
OKLab	oklab(89.64% -0.0399 0.109)
OKLCH	oklch(89.64% 0.116 110.1)
XYZ	xyz(63.1688, 73.2448, 33.7270)
Luminance	0.7324 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E1E487 #8A87E4

analogous

#E4B887 #E1E487 #B2E487

triadic

#E1E487 #87E1E4 #E487E1

tetradic

#E1E487 #87E4B8 #8A87E4 #E487B2

square

#E1E487 #87E4B8 #8A87E4 #E487B2

split-complementary

#E1E487 #87B2E4 #B887E4

monochromatic

#BFC42C #D5D955 #E1E487 #EDEFB9 #F9F9E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.34

#E1E487 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.65

#E1E487 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E1E487

15.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E1E487	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E1E487	1.00	1.34	15.65	15.65
#FFFFFF	1.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F1DD80

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F2E08B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECDACD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e1e487;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 228, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.6% 0.116 110.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ececab',
    500: '#e1e487',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e1e487;
$custom-light: #ececab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e1e487",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.935,
    "s": 63.265,
    "l": 71.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89639,
    "c": 0.11604,
    "h": 110.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.73244
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E1E487

secondary

#5653BC

accent

#1ACB20

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFDF7

border

#D6D5D0

text

#161610

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #E1E487

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

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