#E1E659#E1E659

#E1E659 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.733; OKLCH L 89.5% C 0.161 H 111.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E1E659
RGB	rgb(225, 230, 89)
HSL	hsl(62, 74%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(62, 61%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.2%, 0%, 61.3%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.60, -19.22, 65.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.60, 68.69, 106.25°)
OKLab	oklab(89.51% -0.0582 0.1502)
OKLCH	oklch(89.51% 0.161 111.2)
XYZ	xyz(61.1531, 73.3239, 20.3808)
Luminance	0.7332 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E1E659 #5E59E6

analogous

#E6A559 #E1E659 #9AE659

triadic

#E1E659 #59E1E6 #E659E1

tetradic

#E1E659 #59E6A5 #5E59E6 #E6599A

square

#E1E659 #59E6A5 #5E59E6 #E6599A

split-complementary

#E1E659 #599AE6 #A559E6

monochromatic

#A6AB1A #D7DE24 #E1E659 #EBEE8E #F4F6C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.34

#E1E659 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.66

#E1E659 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E1E659

15.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E1E659	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E1E659	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)

#F7DC48

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F8E062

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EFD9C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e1e659;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 230, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.5% 0.161 111.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eded8e',
    500: '#e1e659',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e1e659;
$custom-light: #eded8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e1e659",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 230,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.128,
    "s": 73.822,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89511,
    "c": 0.1611,
    "h": 111.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.73322
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E1E659

secondary

#3B37AC

accent

#10D617

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E1E659

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

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