#E1E556#E1E556

#E1E556 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.727; OKLCH L 89.3% C 0.162 H 110.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E1E556
RGB	rgb(225, 229, 86)
HSL	hsl(62, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(62, 62%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.7%, 0%, 62.4%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.31, -18.93, 66.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.31, 69.48, 105.81°)
OKLab	oklab(89.27% -0.0576 0.1517)
OKLCH	oklch(89.27% 0.162 110.8)
XYZ	xyz(60.7522, 72.7196, 19.6383)
Luminance	0.7272 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E1E556 #5A56E5

analogous

#E5A156 #E1E556 #9AE556

triadic

#E1E556 #56E1E5 #E556E1

tetradic

#E1E556 #56E5A1 #5A56E5 #E5569A

square

#E1E556 #56E5A1 #5A56E5 #E5569A

split-complementary

#E1E556 #569AE5 #A156E5

monochromatic

#A3A71A #D7DC22 #E1E556 #EAED8B #F4F5C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.35

#E1E556 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.54

#E1E556 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E1E556

15.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E1E556	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E1E556	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)

#F6DB44

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F7E05F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F0D8C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e1e556;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 229, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.3% 0.162 110.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eded8c',
    500: '#e1e556',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e1e556;
$custom-light: #eded8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e1e556",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.678,
    "s": 73.333,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89273,
    "c": 0.16231,
    "h": 110.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.72718
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E1E556

secondary

#3A36A9

accent

#10D516

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E1E556

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

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