#E1E679#E1E679

#E1E679 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.740; OKLCH L 89.9% C 0.133 H 111.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E1E679
RGB	rgb(225, 230, 121)
HSL	hsl(63, 69%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(63, 47%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.2%, 0%, 47.4%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.91, -16.73, 52.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.91, 54.74, 107.79°)
OKLab	oklab(89.86% -0.0479 0.124)
OKLCH	oklch(89.86% 0.133 111.1)
XYZ	xyz(62.8005, 73.9829, 29.0573)
Luminance	0.7398 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E1E679 #7E79E6

analogous

#E6B579 #E1E679 #ABE679

triadic

#E1E679 #79E1E6 #E679E1

tetradic

#E1E679 #79E6B5 #7E79E6 #E679AB

square

#E1E679 #79E6B5 #7E79E6 #E679AB

split-complementary

#E1E679 #79ABE6 #B579E6

monochromatic

#B9C124 #D5DC45 #E1E679 #EDF0AD #F8F9E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.33

#E1E679 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.80

#E1E679 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E1E679

15.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E1E679	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E1E679	1.00	1.33	15.80	15.80
#FFFFFF	1.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4DE6F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5E17E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDDBCD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e1e679;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 230, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.9% 0.133 111.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eceda2',
    500: '#e1e679',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e1e679;
$custom-light: #eceda2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e1e679",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 230,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.752,
    "s": 68.553,
    "l": 68.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89861,
    "c": 0.13288,
    "h": 111.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.73982
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E1E679

secondary

#4B45BE

accent

#15D01E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#16160F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #E1E679

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

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