#E1E688#E1E688

#E1E688 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.744; OKLCH L 90.1% C 0.117 H 111.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E1E688
RGB	rgb(225, 230, 136)
HSL	hsl(63, 65%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(63, 41%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.2%, 0%, 40.9%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.10, -15.25, 45.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.10, 47.65, 108.67°)
OKLab	oklab(90.07% -0.0424 0.1094)
OKLCH	oklch(90.07% 0.117 111.2)
XYZ	xyz(63.7929, 74.3798, 34.2840)
Luminance	0.7438 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E1E688 #8D88E6

analogous

#E6BC88 #E1E688 #B2E688

triadic

#E1E688 #88E1E6 #E688E1

tetradic

#E1E688 #88E6BC #8D88E6 #E688B2

square

#E1E688 #88E6BC #8D88E6 #E688B2

split-complementary

#E1E688 #88B2E6 #BC88E6

monochromatic

#C1C92A #D4DB55 #E1E688 #EEF1BB #F9FAE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.32

#E1E688 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.88

#E1E688 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E1E688

15.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E1E688	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E1E688	1.00	1.32	15.88	15.88
#FFFFFF	1.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F3DE81

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F4E18C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECDCCF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E0E0E0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e1e688;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 230, 136);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.1% 0.117 111.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecedac',
    500: '#e1e688',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e1e688;
$custom-light: #ecedac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e1e688",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 230,
    "b": 136
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.191,
    "s": 65.278,
    "l": 71.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90071,
    "c": 0.11735,
    "h": 111.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.74379
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E1E688

secondary

#5953BF

accent

#18CD22

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFDF7

border

#D6D5D0

text

#161610

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #E1E688

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

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