#E1E66E#E1E66E
#E1E66E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.737; OKLCH L 89.7% C 0.143 H 111.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E1E66E |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(225, 230, 110) |
| HSL | hsl(63, 71%, 67%) |
| HSV | hsv(63, 52%, 90%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(2.2%, 0%, 52.2%, 9.8%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(88.79, -17.68, 57.07) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(88.79, 59.75, 107.22°) |
| OKLab | oklab(89.73% -0.0517 0.1338) |
| OKLCH | oklch(89.73% 0.143 111.1) |
| XYZ | xyz(62.1640, 73.7283, 25.7051) |
| Luminance | 0.7373 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Straw
#FCF679
ΔE00 4.70
Yellowish Tan
#FCFC81
ΔE00 4.99
Manilla
#FFFA86
ΔE00 5.23
Yellowish
#FAEE66
ΔE00 5.23
Khaki (CSS)
#F0E68C
ΔE00 5.37
Faded Yellow
#FEFF7F
ΔE00 5.53
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E1E66E #736EE6
analogous
#E6AF6E #E1E66E #A5E66E
triadic
#E1E66E #6EE1E6 #E66EE1
tetradic
#E1E66E #6EE6AF #736EE6 #E66EA5
square
#E1E66E #6EE6AF #736EE6 #E66EA5
split-complementary
#E1E66E #6EA5E6 #AF6EE6
monochromatic
#B3BA20 #D6DD3A #E1E66E #ECEFA2 #F7F8D6
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.33
#E1E66E on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
15.75
#E1E66E on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E1E66E
15.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E1E66E | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E1E66E | 1.00 | 1.33 | 15.75 | 15.75 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.33 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 15.75 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 15.75 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#F5DD62
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#F6E174
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#EEDACB
Achromatopsia (no color)
#DFDFDF
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e1e66e; /* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 230, 110); /* oklch */ color: oklch(89.7% 0.143 111.1);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#eded9b',
500: '#e1e66e',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e1e66e; $custom-light: #eded9b; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e1e66e",
"rgb": {
"r": 225,
"g": 230,
"b": 110
},
"hsl": {
"h": 62.5,
"s": 70.588,
"l": 66.667
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.89726,
"c": 0.1434,
"h": 111.1
},
"luminance": 0.73727
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E1E66E
secondary
#443FB9
accent
#13D31B
background
#FFFEFC
surface
#FEFDF5
border
#D6D5CF
text
#17160E
muted
#85847F