#E1E685#E1E685

#E1E685 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.743; OKLCH L 90.0% C 0.121 H 111.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E1E685
RGB	rgb(225, 230, 133)
HSL	hsl(63, 66%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(63, 42%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.2%, 0%, 42.2%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.06, -15.56, 46.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.06, 49.09, 108.48°)
OKLab	oklab(90.03% -0.0435 0.1124)
OKLCH	oklch(90.03% 0.121 111.2)
XYZ	xyz(63.5827, 74.2958, 33.1768)
Luminance	0.7429 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E1E685 #8A85E6

analogous

#E6BA85 #E1E685 #B0E685

triadic

#E1E685 #85E1E6 #E685E1

tetradic

#E1E685 #85E6BA #8A85E6 #E685B0

square

#E1E685 #85E6BA #8A85E6 #E685B0

split-complementary

#E1E685 #85B0E6 #BA85E6

monochromatic

#BFC829 #D5DC52 #E1E685 #EDF0B8 #F9FAE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.32

#E1E685 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.86

#E1E685 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E1E685

15.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E1E685	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E1E685	1.00	1.32	15.86	15.86
#FFFFFF	1.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F3DE7D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F4E18A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECDCCF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E0E0E0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e1e685;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 230, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.0% 0.121 111.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecedaa',
    500: '#e1e685',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e1e685;
$custom-light: #ecedaa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e1e685",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 230,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.093,
    "s": 65.986,
    "l": 71.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90027,
    "c": 0.12056,
    "h": 111.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.74295
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E1E685

secondary

#5650BF

accent

#18CE21

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFDF7

border

#D6D5D0

text

#161610

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #E1E685

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

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