#E1E686#E1E686

#E1E686 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.743; OKLCH L 90.0% C 0.119 H 111.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E1E686
RGB	rgb(225, 230, 134)
HSL	hsl(63, 66%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(63, 42%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.2%, 0%, 41.7%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.08, -15.46, 46.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.08, 48.61, 108.54°)
OKLab	oklab(90.04% -0.0431 0.1114)
OKLCH	oklch(90.04% 0.119 111.2)
XYZ	xyz(63.6521, 74.3235, 33.5424)
Luminance	0.7432 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E1E686 #8B86E6

analogous

#E6BB86 #E1E686 #B1E686

triadic

#E1E686 #86E1E6 #E686E1

tetradic

#E1E686 #86E6BB #8B86E6 #E686B1

square

#E1E686 #86E6BB #8B86E6 #E686B1

split-complementary

#E1E686 #86B1E6 #BB86E6

monochromatic

#C0C829 #D4DC53 #E1E686 #EEF0B9 #F9FAE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.32

#E1E686 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.86

#E1E686 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E1E686

15.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E1E686	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E1E686	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)

#F3DE7E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F4E18A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECDCCF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E0E0E0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e1e686;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 230, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.0% 0.119 111.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecedab',
    500: '#e1e686',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e1e686;
$custom-light: #ecedab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e1e686",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 230,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.125,
    "s": 65.753,
    "l": 71.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90041,
    "c": 0.11949,
    "h": 111.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.74322
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E1E686

secondary

#5751BF

accent

#18CE21

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFDF7

border

#D6D5D0

text

#161610

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #E1E686

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

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