#E1E56D#E1E56D

#E1E56D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.732; OKLCH L 89.5% C 0.143 H 110.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E1E56D
RGB	rgb(225, 229, 109)
HSL	hsl(62, 70%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(62, 52%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.7%, 0%, 52.4%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.52, -17.28, 57.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.52, 59.76, 106.80°)
OKLab	oklab(89.5% -0.0506 0.134)
OKLCH	oklch(89.5% 0.143 110.7)
XYZ	xyz(61.8324, 73.1517, 25.3275)
Luminance	0.7315 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E1E56D #716DE5

analogous

#E5AD6D #E1E56D #A5E56D

triadic

#E1E56D #6DE1E5 #E56DE1

tetradic

#E1E56D #6DE5AD #716DE5 #E56DA5

square

#E1E56D #6DE5AD #716DE5 #E56DA5

split-complementary

#E1E56D #6DA5E5 #AD6DE5

monochromatic

#B2B721 #D6DC39 #E1E56D #ECEEA1 #F6F8D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.34

#E1E56D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.63

#E1E56D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E1E56D

15.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E1E56D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E1E56D	1.00	1.34	15.63	15.63
#FFFFFF	1.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4DC61

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5E073

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EED9CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e1e56d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 229, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.5% 0.143 110.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eded9a',
    500: '#e1e56d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e1e56d;
$custom-light: #eded9a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e1e56d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62,
    "s": 69.767,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89504,
    "c": 0.1432,
    "h": 110.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.7315
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E1E56D

secondary

#433FB7

accent

#14D21A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#17160E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E1E56D

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

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