#E1E551#E1E551

#E1E551 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.726; OKLCH L 89.2% C 0.166 H 110.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E1E551
RGB	rgb(225, 229, 81)
HSL	hsl(62, 74%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(62, 65%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.7%, 0%, 64.6%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.28, -19.23, 68.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.28, 71.42, 105.62°)
OKLab	oklab(89.23% -0.059 0.1551)
OKLCH	oklch(89.23% 0.166 110.8)
XYZ	xyz(60.5577, 72.6418, 18.6142)
Luminance	0.7264 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E1E551 #5551E5

analogous

#E59F51 #E1E551 #97E551

triadic

#E1E551 #51E1E5 #E551E1

tetradic

#E1E551 #51E59F #5551E5 #E55197

square

#E1E551 #51E59F #5551E5 #E55197

split-complementary

#E1E551 #5197E5 #9F51E5

monochromatic

#9FA318 #D3D820 #E1E551 #EAED86 #F3F5BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.35

#E1E551 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.53

#E1E551 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E1E551

15.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E1E551	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E1E551	1.00	1.35	15.53	15.53
#FFFFFF	1.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F6DB3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F7E05B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F0D7C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e1e551;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 229, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.2% 0.166 110.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eeed89',
    500: '#e1e551',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e1e551;
$custom-light: #eeed89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e1e551",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.622,
    "s": 74,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89231,
    "c": 0.16592,
    "h": 110.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.7264
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E1E551

secondary

#3835A6

accent

#0FD615

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E1E551

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

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