#E1E560#E1E560

#E1E560 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.729; OKLCH L 89.4% C 0.154 H 110.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E1E560
RGB	rgb(225, 229, 96)
HSL	hsl(62, 72%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(62, 58%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.7%, 0%, 58.1%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.40, -18.26, 62.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.40, 65.40, 106.22°)
OKLab	oklab(89.37% -0.0547 0.1445)
OKLCH	oklch(89.37% 0.155 110.8)
XYZ	xyz(61.1836, 72.8922, 21.9106)
Luminance	0.7289 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E1E560 #6460E5

analogous

#E5A660 #E1E560 #9EE560

triadic

#E1E560 #60E1E5 #E560E1

tetradic

#E1E560 #60E5A6 #6460E5 #E5609E

square

#E1E560 #60E5A6 #6460E5 #E5609E

split-complementary

#E1E560 #609EE5 #A660E5

monochromatic

#AAAE1C #D7DC2B #E1E560 #EBEE95 #F5F6C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.35

#E1E560 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.58

#E1E560 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E1E560

15.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E1E560	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E1E560	1.00	1.35	15.58	15.58
#FFFFFF	1.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F5DC51

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6E068

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EFD8C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e1e560;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 229, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.4% 0.154 110.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eded92',
    500: '#e1e560',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e1e560;
$custom-light: #eded92;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e1e560",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.805,
    "s": 71.892,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89365,
    "c": 0.1545,
    "h": 110.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.72891
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E1E560

secondary

#3D3AAF

accent

#12D417

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E1E560

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

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