#E1E55C#E1E55C

#E1E55C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.728; OKLCH L 89.3% C 0.158 H 110.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E1E55C
RGB	rgb(225, 229, 92)
HSL	hsl(62, 72%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(62, 60%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.7%, 0%, 59.8%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.36, -18.54, 64.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.36, 67.06, 106.05°)
OKLab	oklab(89.33% -0.0559 0.1475)
OKLCH	oklch(89.33% 0.158 110.8)
XYZ	xyz(61.0041, 72.8204, 20.9653)
Luminance	0.7282 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E1E55C #605CE5

analogous

#E5A45C #E1E55C #9CE55C

triadic

#E1E55C #5CE1E5 #E55CE1

tetradic

#E1E55C #5CE5A4 #605CE5 #E55C9C

square

#E1E55C #5CE5A4 #605CE5 #E55C9C

split-complementary

#E1E55C #5C9CE5 #A45CE5

monochromatic

#A7AB1B #D7DD27 #E1E55C #EBED91 #F4F6C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.35

#E1E55C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.56

#E1E55C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E1E55C

15.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E1E55C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E1E55C	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)

#F6DC4C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F7E064

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EFD8C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e1e55c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 229, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.3% 0.158 110.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eded90',
    500: '#e1e55c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e1e55c;
$custom-light: #eded90;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e1e55c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.752,
    "s": 72.487,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89327,
    "c": 0.15771,
    "h": 110.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.72819
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E1E55C

secondary

#3C38AD

accent

#11D517

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E1E55C

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

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