#E1E579#E1E579

#E1E579 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.734; OKLCH L 89.7% C 0.132 H 110.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E1E579
RGB	rgb(225, 229, 121)
HSL	hsl(62, 68%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(62, 47%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.7%, 0%, 47.2%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.65, -16.24, 51.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.65, 54.29, 107.40°)
OKLab	oklab(89.65% -0.0465 0.1233)
OKLCH	oklch(89.65% 0.132 110.7)
XYZ	xyz(62.5230, 73.4279, 28.9648)
Luminance	0.7343 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E1E579 #7D79E5

analogous

#E5B379 #E1E579 #ABE579

triadic

#E1E579 #79E1E5 #E579E1

tetradic

#E1E579 #79E5B3 #7D79E5 #E579AB

square

#E1E579 #79E5B3 #7D79E5 #E579AB

split-complementary

#E1E579 #79ABE5 #B379E5

monochromatic

#B9BF25 #D6DB46 #E1E579 #ECEFAC #F8F9E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.34

#E1E579 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.69

#E1E579 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E1E579

15.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E1E579	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E1E579	1.00	1.34	15.69	15.69
#FFFFFF	1.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F3DD70

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F4E07E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEDACC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e1e579;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 229, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.7% 0.132 110.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eceda2',
    500: '#e1e579',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e1e579;
$custom-light: #eceda2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e1e579",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.222,
    "s": 67.5,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89651,
    "c": 0.13174,
    "h": 110.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.73427
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E1E579

secondary

#4A46BD

accent

#16CF1D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#16160F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #E1E579

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

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