#E1E657#E1E657

#E1E657 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 15.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E1E657
RGB	rgb(225, 230, 87)
HSL	hsl(62, 74%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(62, 62%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.2%, 0%, 62.2%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.59, -19.35, 66.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.59, 69.49, 106.17°)
OKLab	oklab(89.49% -0.0587 0.1516)
OKLCH	oklch(89.49% 0.163 111.2)
XYZ	xyz(61.0702, 73.2908, 19.9445)
Luminance	0.7329 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E1E657 #5C57E6

analogous

#E6A457 #E1E657 #9AE657

triadic

#E1E657 #57E1E6 #E657E1

tetradic

#E1E657 #57E6A4 #5C57E6 #E6579A

square

#E1E657 #57E6A4 #5C57E6 #E6579A

split-complementary

#E1E657 #579AE6 #A457E6

monochromatic

#A4A919 #D7DE22 #E1E657 #EBEE8C #F4F6C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.34

#E1E657 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.66

#E1E657 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E1E657

15.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E1E657	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E1E657	1.00	1.34	15.66	15.66
#FFFFFF	1.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F7DC45

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F8E060

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F0D9C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e1e657;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 230, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.5% 0.163 111.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eded8d',
    500: '#e1e657',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e1e657;
$custom-light: #eded8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e1e657",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 230,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.098,
    "s": 74.093,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89493,
    "c": 0.16261,
    "h": 111.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.73289
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E1E657

secondary

#3A36AB

accent

#0FD616

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E1E657

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

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