#E1E656#E1E656

#E1E656 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.733; OKLCH L 89.5% C 0.163 H 111.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E1E656
RGB	rgb(225, 230, 86)
HSL	hsl(62, 74%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(62, 63%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.2%, 0%, 62.6%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.58, -19.41, 67.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.58, 69.88, 106.13°)
OKLab	oklab(89.49% -0.059 0.1523)
OKLCH	oklch(89.49% 0.163 111.2)
XYZ	xyz(61.0296, 73.2745, 19.7308)
Luminance	0.7327 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E1E656 #5B56E6

analogous

#E6A356 #E1E656 #99E656

triadic

#E1E656 #56E1E6 #E656E1

tetradic

#E1E656 #56E6A3 #5B56E6 #E65699

square

#E1E656 #56E6A3 #5B56E6 #E65699

split-complementary

#E1E656 #5699E6 #A356E6

monochromatic

#A4A919 #D7DE21 #E1E656 #EAEE8B #F4F6C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.34

#E1E656 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.65

#E1E656 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E1E656

15.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E1E656	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E1E656	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)

#F7DC43

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F8E05F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F0D9C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e1e656;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 230, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.5% 0.163 111.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eded8c',
    500: '#e1e656',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e1e656;
$custom-light: #eded8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e1e656",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 230,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.083,
    "s": 74.227,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89485,
    "c": 0.16335,
    "h": 111.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.73273
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E1E656

secondary

#3A36AA

accent

#0FD616

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E1E656

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

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