#E1E661#E1E661

#E1E661 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.735; OKLCH L 89.6% C 0.155 H 111.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E1E661
RGB	rgb(225, 230, 97)
HSL	hsl(62, 73%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(62, 58%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.2%, 0%, 57.8%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.67, -18.68, 62.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.67, 65.39, 106.60°)
OKLab	oklab(89.59% -0.0558 0.1443)
OKLCH	oklch(89.59% 0.155 111.1)
XYZ	xyz(61.5074, 73.4657, 22.2472)
Luminance	0.7346 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E1E661 #6661E6

analogous

#E6A961 #E1E661 #9FE661

triadic

#E1E661 #61E1E6 #E661E1

tetradic

#E1E661 #61E6A9 #6661E6 #E6619F

square

#E1E661 #61E6A9 #6661E6 #E6619F

split-complementary

#E1E661 #619FE6 #A961E6

monochromatic

#ABB11C #D7DE2C #E1E661 #EBEE96 #F5F7CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.34

#E1E661 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.69

#E1E661 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E1E661

15.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E1E661	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E1E661	1.00	1.34	15.69	15.69
#FFFFFF	1.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F6DD52

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F7E069

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EFD9C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e1e661;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 230, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.6% 0.155 111.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eded93',
    500: '#e1e661',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e1e661;
$custom-light: #eded93;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e1e661",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 230,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.256,
    "s": 72.678,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89586,
    "c": 0.15474,
    "h": 111.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.73464
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E1E661

secondary

#3E3AB1

accent

#11D518

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E1E661

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

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