#E1E655#E1E655

#E1E655 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.733; OKLCH L 89.5% C 0.164 H 111.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E1E655
RGB	rgb(225, 230, 85)
HSL	hsl(62, 74%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(62, 63%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.2%, 0%, 63%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.57, -19.47, 67.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.57, 70.27, 106.09°)
OKLab	oklab(89.48% -0.0593 0.153)
OKLCH	oklch(89.48% 0.164 111.2)
XYZ	xyz(60.9896, 73.2585, 19.5201)
Luminance	0.7326 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E1E655 #5A55E6

analogous

#E6A355 #E1E655 #99E655

triadic

#E1E655 #55E1E6 #E655E1

tetradic

#E1E655 #55E6A3 #5A55E6 #E65599

square

#E1E655 #55E6A3 #5A55E6 #E65599

split-complementary

#E1E655 #5599E6 #A355E6

monochromatic

#A3A819 #D7DD21 #E1E655 #EAEE8A #F4F6C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.34

#E1E655 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.65

#E1E655 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E1E655

15.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E1E655	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E1E655	1.00	1.34	15.65	15.65
#FFFFFF	1.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F7DC42

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F8E05E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F0D9C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e1e655;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 230, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.5% 0.164 111.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eeed8c',
    500: '#e1e655',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e1e655;
$custom-light: #eeed8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e1e655",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 230,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.069,
    "s": 74.359,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89476,
    "c": 0.16409,
    "h": 111.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.73257
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E1E655

secondary

#3A36AA

accent

#0FD616

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E1E655

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

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