#E1E565#E1E565

#E1E565 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.730; OKLCH L 89.4% C 0.150 H 110.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E1E565
RGB	rgb(225, 229, 101)
HSL	hsl(62, 71%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(62, 56%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.7%, 0%, 55.9%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.44, -17.90, 60.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.44, 63.27, 106.44°)
OKLab	oklab(89.42% -0.0532 0.1406)
OKLCH	oklch(89.42% 0.15 110.7)
XYZ	xyz(61.4212, 72.9872, 23.1618)
Luminance	0.7299 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E1E565 #6965E5

analogous

#E5A965 #E1E565 #A1E565

triadic

#E1E565 #65E1E5 #E565E1

tetradic

#E1E565 #65E5A9 #6965E5 #E565A1

square

#E1E565 #65E5A9 #6965E5 #E565A1

split-complementary

#E1E565 #65A1E5 #A965E5

monochromatic

#ADB21E #D7DC31 #E1E565 #EBEE99 #F5F7CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.35

#E1E565 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.60

#E1E565 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E1E565

15.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E1E565	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E1E565	1.00	1.35	15.60	15.60
#FFFFFF	1.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F5DC57

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6E06C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EFD8C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e1e565;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 229, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.4% 0.150 110.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eded95',
    500: '#e1e565',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e1e565;
$custom-light: #eded95;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e1e565",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.875,
    "s": 71.111,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89416,
    "c": 0.15029,
    "h": 110.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.72986
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E1E565

secondary

#403CB2

accent

#12D318

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#17160E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E1E565

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

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