#E1E649#E1E649

#E1E649 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.731; OKLCH L 89.4% C 0.172 H 111.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E1E649
RGB	rgb(225, 230, 73)
HSL	hsl(62, 76%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(62, 68%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.2%, 0%, 68.3%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.49, -20.15, 72.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.49, 74.76, 105.63°)
OKLab	oklab(89.38% -0.0623 0.1606)
OKLCH	oklch(89.38% 0.172 111.2)
XYZ	xyz(60.5527, 73.0838, 17.2189)
Luminance	0.7308 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E1E649 #4E49E6

analogous

#E69D49 #E1E649 #93E649

triadic

#E1E649 #49E1E6 #E649E1

tetradic

#E1E649 #49E69D #4E49E6 #E64993

square

#E1E649 #49E69D #4E49E6 #E64993

split-complementary

#E1E649 #4993E6 #9D49E6

monochromatic

#9A9F16 #CFD51D #E1E649 #EAED7F #F3F5B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.34

#E1E649 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.62

#E1E649 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E1E649

15.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E1E649	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E1E649	1.00	1.34	15.62	15.62
#FFFFFF	1.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F7DC30

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F8E054

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F0D8C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e1e649;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 230, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.4% 0.172 111.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eeed85',
    500: '#e1e649',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e1e649;
$custom-light: #eeed85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e1e649",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 230,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.911,
    "s": 75.845,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89383,
    "c": 0.17227,
    "h": 111.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.73082
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E1E649

secondary

#3532A2

accent

#35F23B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF3

border

#D6D5CD

text

#17160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E1E649

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

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