#E1E558#E1E558

#E1E558 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.728; OKLCH L 89.3% C 0.161 H 110.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E1E558
RGB	rgb(225, 229, 88)
HSL	hsl(62, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(62, 62%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.7%, 0%, 61.6%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.33, -18.80, 66.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.33, 68.68, 105.89°)
OKLab	oklab(89.29% -0.0571 0.1503)
OKLCH	oklch(89.29% 0.161 110.8)
XYZ	xyz(60.8339, 72.7523, 20.0686)
Luminance	0.7275 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E1E558 #5C58E5

analogous

#E5A358 #E1E558 #9BE558

triadic

#E1E558 #58E1E5 #E558E1

tetradic

#E1E558 #58E5A3 #5C58E5 #E5589B

square

#E1E558 #58E5A3 #5C58E5 #E5589B

split-complementary

#E1E558 #589BE5 #A358E5

monochromatic

#A4A81A #D7DD23 #E1E558 #EBED8D #F4F5C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.35

#E1E558 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.55

#E1E558 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E1E558

15.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E1E558	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E1E558	1.00	1.35	15.55	15.55
#FFFFFF	1.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F6DB46

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F7E061

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F0D8C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e1e558;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 229, 88);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.3% 0.161 110.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eded8d',
    500: '#e1e558',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e1e558;
$custom-light: #eded8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e1e558",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 88
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.702,
    "s": 73.057,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89291,
    "c": 0.16081,
    "h": 110.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.72751
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E1E558

secondary

#3A37AA

accent

#10D516

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E1E558

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

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