#E1E55D#E1E55D

#E1E55D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.728; OKLCH L 89.3% C 0.157 H 110.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E1E55D
RGB	rgb(225, 229, 93)
HSL	hsl(62, 72%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(62, 59%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.7%, 0%, 59.4%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.37, -18.47, 64.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.37, 66.65, 106.09°)
OKLab	oklab(89.34% -0.0556 0.1467)
OKLCH	oklch(89.34% 0.157 110.8)
XYZ	xyz(61.0481, 72.8380, 21.1971)
Luminance	0.7284 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E1E55D #615DE5

analogous

#E5A55D #E1E55D #9DE55D

triadic

#E1E55D #5DE1E5 #E55DE1

tetradic

#E1E55D #5DE5A5 #615DE5 #E55D9D

square

#E1E55D #5DE5A5 #615DE5 #E55D9D

split-complementary

#E1E55D #5D9DE5 #A55DE5

monochromatic

#A8AC1C #D7DD28 #E1E55D #EBED92 #F5F6C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.35

#E1E55D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.57

#E1E55D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E1E55D

15.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E1E55D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E1E55D	1.00	1.35	15.57	15.57
#FFFFFF	1.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F5DC4D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F7E065

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EFD8C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e1e55d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 229, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.3% 0.157 110.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eded90',
    500: '#e1e55d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e1e55d;
$custom-light: #eded90;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e1e55d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.765,
    "s": 72.34,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89336,
    "c": 0.15692,
    "h": 110.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.72836
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E1E55D

secondary

#3C39AD

accent

#11D417

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E1E55D

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

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