#E1E581#E1E581

#E1E581 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.736; OKLCH L 89.8% C 0.124 H 110.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E1E581
RGB	rgb(225, 229, 129)
HSL	hsl(62, 66%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(62, 44%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.7%, 0%, 43.7%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.75, -15.47, 48.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.75, 50.53, 107.83°)
OKLab	oklab(89.76% -0.0436 0.1156)
OKLCH	oklch(89.76% 0.124 110.7)
XYZ	xyz(63.0341, 73.6323, 31.6565)
Luminance	0.7363 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E1E581 #8581E5

analogous

#E5B781 #E1E581 #AFE581

triadic

#E1E581 #81E1E5 #E581E1

tetradic

#E1E581 #81E5B7 #8581E5 #E581AF

square

#E1E581 #81E5B7 #8581E5 #E581AF

split-complementary

#E1E581 #81AFE5 #B781E5

monochromatic

#BDC328 #D5DB4E #E1E581 #EDEFB4 #F9FAE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.34

#E1E581 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.73

#E1E581 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E1E581

15.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E1E581	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E1E581	1.00	1.34	15.73	15.73
#FFFFFF	1.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F3DD79

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F4E086

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDDACD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e1e581;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 229, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.8% 0.124 110.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eceda7',
    500: '#e1e581',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e1e581;
$custom-light: #eceda7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e1e581",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.4,
    "s": 65.789,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8976,
    "c": 0.12358,
    "h": 110.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.73631
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E1E581

secondary

#514DBD

accent

#18CE1F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF6

border

#D6D5D0

text

#161610

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #E1E581

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

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