#E1E550#E1E550

#E1E550 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.726; OKLCH L 89.2% C 0.167 H 110.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E1E550
RGB	rgb(225, 229, 80)
HSL	hsl(62, 74%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(62, 65%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.7%, 0%, 65.1%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.27, -19.28, 69.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.27, 71.80, 105.58°)
OKLab	oklab(89.22% -0.0592 0.1557)
OKLCH	oklch(89.22% 0.167 110.8)
XYZ	xyz(60.5205, 72.6269, 18.4182)
Luminance	0.7262 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E1E550 #5450E5

analogous

#E59F50 #E1E550 #96E550

triadic

#E1E550 #50E1E5 #E550E1

tetradic

#E1E550 #50E59F #5450E5 #E55096

square

#E1E550 #50E59F #5450E5 #E55096

split-complementary

#E1E550 #5096E5 #9F50E5

monochromatic

#9FA218 #D3D820 #E1E550 #EAED85 #F3F5BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.35

#E1E550 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.52

#E1E550 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E1E550

15.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E1E550	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E1E550	1.00	1.35	15.52	15.52
#FFFFFF	1.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F6DB3B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F7DF5A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F0D7C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e1e550;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 229, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.2% 0.167 110.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eeed89',
    500: '#e1e550',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e1e550;
$custom-light: #eeed89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e1e550",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.611,
    "s": 74.129,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89224,
    "c": 0.16662,
    "h": 110.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.72625
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E1E550

secondary

#3734A5

accent

#0FD615

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E1E550

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

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