#E1E489#E1E489

#E1E489 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.733; OKLCH L 89.7% C 0.114 H 110.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E1E489
RGB	rgb(225, 228, 137)
HSL	hsl(62, 63%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(62, 40%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.3%, 0%, 39.9%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.59, -14.16, 44.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.59, 46.24, 107.83°)
OKLab	oklab(89.67% -0.0392 0.1069)
OKLCH	oklch(89.67% 0.114 110.1)
XYZ	xyz(63.3109, 73.3017, 34.4756)
Luminance	0.7330 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E1E489 #8C89E4

analogous

#E4BA89 #E1E489 #B4E489

triadic

#E1E489 #89E1E4 #E489E1

tetradic

#E1E489 #89E4BA #8C89E4 #E489B4

square

#E1E489 #89E4BA #8C89E4 #E489B4

split-complementary

#E1E489 #89B4E4 #BA89E4

monochromatic

#C0C52D #D4D957 #E1E489 #EEEFBB #F9F9E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.34

#E1E489 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.66

#E1E489 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E1E489

15.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E1E489	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E1E489	1.00	1.34	15.66	15.66
#FFFFFF	1.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F1DD82

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F2E08D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECDACE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e1e489;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 228, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.7% 0.114 110.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ececad',
    500: '#e1e489',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e1e489;
$custom-light: #ececad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e1e489",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.978,
    "s": 62.759,
    "l": 71.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89669,
    "c": 0.11387,
    "h": 110.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.733
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E1E489

secondary

#5855BD

accent

#1BCB21

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFDF7

border

#D6D5D0

text

#161610

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #E1E489

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

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