#E1E555#E1E555

#E1E555 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.727; OKLCH L 89.3% C 0.163 H 110.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E1E555
RGB	rgb(225, 229, 85)
HSL	hsl(62, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(62, 63%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.7%, 0%, 62.9%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.31, -18.99, 67.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.31, 69.87, 105.77°)
OKLab	oklab(89.27% -0.0579 0.1524)
OKLCH	oklch(89.27% 0.163 110.8)
XYZ	xyz(60.7121, 72.7036, 19.4276)
Luminance	0.7270 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E1E555 #5955E5

analogous

#E5A155 #E1E555 #99E555

triadic

#E1E555 #55E1E5 #E555E1

tetradic

#E1E555 #55E5A1 #5955E5 #E55599

square

#E1E555 #55E5A1 #5955E5 #E55599

split-complementary

#E1E555 #5599E5 #A155E5

monochromatic

#A2A619 #D6DB22 #E1E555 #EAED8A #F4F5BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.35

#E1E555 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.54

#E1E555 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E1E555

15.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E1E555	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E1E555	1.00	1.35	15.54	15.54
#FFFFFF	1.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F6DB42

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F7E05E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F0D8C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e1e555;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 229, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.3% 0.163 110.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eeed8b',
    500: '#e1e555',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e1e555;
$custom-light: #eeed8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e1e555",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.667,
    "s": 73.469,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89265,
    "c": 0.16305,
    "h": 110.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.72702
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E1E555

secondary

#3936A8

accent

#10D615

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E1E555

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

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