#E1E55B#E1E55B

#E1E55B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.728; OKLCH L 89.3% C 0.159 H 110.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E1E55B
RGB	rgb(225, 229, 91)
HSL	hsl(62, 73%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(62, 60%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.7%, 0%, 60.3%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.35, -18.61, 64.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.35, 67.47, 106.01°)
OKLab	oklab(89.32% -0.0562 0.1482)
OKLCH	oklch(89.32% 0.159 110.8)
XYZ	xyz(60.9607, 72.8030, 20.7366)
Luminance	0.7280 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E1E55B #5F5BE5

analogous

#E5A45B #E1E55B #9CE55B

triadic

#E1E55B #5BE1E5 #E55BE1

tetradic

#E1E55B #5BE5A4 #5F5BE5 #E55B9C

square

#E1E55B #5BE5A4 #5F5BE5 #E55B9C

split-complementary

#E1E55B #5B9CE5 #A45BE5

monochromatic

#A6AB1B #D7DD26 #E1E55B #EBED90 #F4F6C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.35

#E1E55B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.56

#E1E55B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E1E55B

15.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E1E55B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E1E55B	1.00	1.35	15.56	15.56
#FFFFFF	1.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F6DC4B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F7E064

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EFD8C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e1e55b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 229, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.3% 0.159 110.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eded8f',
    500: '#e1e55b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e1e55b;
$custom-light: #eded8f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e1e55b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.739,
    "s": 72.632,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89318,
    "c": 0.1585,
    "h": 110.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.72802
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E1E55B

secondary

#3B38AC

accent

#11D516

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E1E55B

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

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