#E1E651#E1E651

#E1E651 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.732; OKLCH L 89.4% C 0.167 H 111.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E1E651
RGB	rgb(225, 230, 81)
HSL	hsl(62, 75%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(62, 65%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.2%, 0%, 64.8%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.54, -19.71, 69.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.54, 71.82, 105.93°)
OKLab	oklab(89.44% -0.0604 0.1557)
OKLCH	oklch(89.44% 0.167 111.2)
XYZ	xyz(60.8352, 73.1968, 18.7067)
Luminance	0.7319 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E1E651 #5651E6

analogous

#E6A051 #E1E651 #97E651

triadic

#E1E651 #51E1E6 #E651E1

tetradic

#E1E651 #51E6A0 #5651E6 #E65197

square

#E1E651 #51E6A0 #5651E6 #E65197

split-complementary

#E1E651 #5197E6 #A051E6

monochromatic

#A0A518 #D4DA1F #E1E651 #EAEE87 #F3F5BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.34

#E1E651 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.64

#E1E651 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E1E651

15.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E1E651	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E1E651	1.00	1.34	15.64	15.64
#FFFFFF	1.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F7DC3C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F8E05B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F0D8C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e1e651;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 230, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.4% 0.167 111.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eeed89',
    500: '#e1e651',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e1e651;
$custom-light: #eeed89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e1e651",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 230,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.013,
    "s": 74.874,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89443,
    "c": 0.16695,
    "h": 111.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.73195
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E1E651

secondary

#3834A7

accent

#0ED715

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E1E651

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

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