#E1E755#E1E755

#E1E755 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.738; OKLCH L 89.7% C 0.165 H 111.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E1E755
RGB	rgb(225, 231, 85)
HSL	hsl(62, 75%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(62, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.6%, 0%, 63.2%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.84, -19.96, 67.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.84, 70.68, 106.40°)
OKLab	oklab(89.69% -0.0606 0.1536)
OKLCH	oklch(89.69% 0.165 111.5)
XYZ	xyz(61.2687, 73.8167, 19.6131)
Luminance	0.7381 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E1E755 #5B55E7

analogous

#E7A455 #E1E755 #98E755

triadic

#E1E755 #55E1E7 #E755E1

tetradic

#E1E755 #55E7A4 #5B55E7 #E75598

square

#E1E755 #55E7A4 #5B55E7 #E75598

split-complementary

#E1E755 #5598E7 #A455E7

monochromatic

#A4AA18 #D7DF20 #E1E755 #EAEF8B #F4F6C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.33

#E1E755 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.76

#E1E755 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E1E755

15.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E1E755	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E1E755	1.00	1.33	15.76	15.76
#FFFFFF	1.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F8DD42

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F9E15F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F0DAC9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e1e755;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 231, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.7% 0.165 111.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eeee8c',
    500: '#e1e755',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e1e755;
$custom-light: #eeee8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e1e755",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 231,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.466,
    "s": 75.258,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89688,
    "c": 0.16513,
    "h": 111.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.73815
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E1E755

secondary

#3A35AB

accent

#0ED716

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E1E755

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

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