#E1E552#E1E552

#E1E552 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.727; OKLCH L 89.2% C 0.165 H 110.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E1E552
RGB	rgb(225, 229, 82)
HSL	hsl(62, 74%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(62, 64%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.7%, 0%, 64.2%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.28, -19.17, 68.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.28, 71.04, 105.65°)
OKLab	oklab(89.24% -0.0587 0.1544)
OKLCH	oklch(89.24% 0.165 110.8)
XYZ	xyz(60.5955, 72.6569, 18.8132)
Luminance	0.7266 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E1E552 #5652E5

analogous

#E59F52 #E1E552 #97E552

triadic

#E1E552 #52E1E5 #E552E1

tetradic

#E1E552 #52E59F #5652E5 #E55297

square

#E1E552 #52E59F #5652E5 #E55297

split-complementary

#E1E552 #5297E5 #9F52E5

monochromatic

#A0A419 #D4D921 #E1E552 #EAED87 #F3F5BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.35

#E1E552 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.53

#E1E552 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E1E552

15.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E1E552	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E1E552	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)

#F6DB3E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F7E05C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F0D7C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e1e552;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 229, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.2% 0.165 110.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eeed8a',
    500: '#e1e552',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e1e552;
$custom-light: #eeed8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e1e552",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.633,
    "s": 73.869,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8924,
    "c": 0.16522,
    "h": 110.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.72655
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E1E552

secondary

#3835A6

accent

#10D615

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E1E552

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

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