#E1E63B#E1E63B

#E1E63B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.729; OKLCH L 89.3% C 0.180 H 111.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E1E63B
RGB	rgb(225, 230, 59)
HSL	hsl(62, 77%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(62, 74%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.2%, 0%, 74.3%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.41, -20.79, 76.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.41, 79.39, 105.18°)
OKLab	oklab(89.3% -0.0654 0.168)
OKLCH	oklch(89.3% 0.18 111.3)
XYZ	xyz(60.1397, 72.9185, 15.0435)
Luminance	0.7292 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E1E63B #403BE6

analogous

#E6953B #E1E63B #8CE63B

triadic

#E1E63B #3BE1E6 #E63BE1

tetradic

#E1E63B #3BE695 #403BE6 #E63B8C

square

#E1E63B #3BE695 #403BE6 #E63B8C

split-complementary

#E1E63B #3B8CE6 #953BE6

monochromatic

#909413 #C5CA1A #E1E63B #E9ED71 #F2F4A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.35

#E1E63B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.58

#E1E63B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E1E63B

15.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E1E63B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E1E63B	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)

#F8DC10

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F9E049

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F1D8C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e1e63b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 230, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.3% 0.180 111.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eeed7e',
    500: '#e1e63b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e1e63b;
$custom-light: #eeed7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e1e63b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 230,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.754,
    "s": 77.376,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89295,
    "c": 0.18028,
    "h": 111.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.72917
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E1E63B

secondary

#302D98

accent

#34F43A

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFDF2

border

#D7D5CC

text

#17160B

muted

#85847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E1E63B

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