#E1E756#E1E756

#E1E756 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.738; OKLCH L 89.7% C 0.164 H 111.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E1E756
RGB	rgb(225, 231, 86)
HSL	hsl(62, 75%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(62, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.6%, 0%, 62.8%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.84, -19.90, 67.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.84, 70.28, 106.44°)
OKLab	oklab(89.7% -0.0604 0.1529)
OKLCH	oklch(89.7% 0.164 111.5)
XYZ	xyz(61.3087, 73.8327, 19.8238)
Luminance	0.7383 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E1E756 #5C56E7

analogous

#E7A556 #E1E756 #98E756

triadic

#E1E756 #56E1E7 #E756E1

tetradic

#E1E756 #56E7A5 #5C56E7 #E75698

square

#E1E756 #56E7A5 #5C56E7 #E75698

split-complementary

#E1E756 #5698E7 #A556E7

monochromatic

#A4AA18 #D7DF20 #E1E756 #EBEF8C #F4F6C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.33

#E1E756 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.77

#E1E756 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E1E756

15.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E1E756	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E1E756	1.00	1.33	15.77	15.77
#FFFFFF	1.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F8DD43

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F9E15F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F0DAC9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e1e756;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 231, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.7% 0.164 111.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edee8c',
    500: '#e1e756',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e1e756;
$custom-light: #edee8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e1e756",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 231,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.483,
    "s": 75.13,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89696,
    "c": 0.1644,
    "h": 111.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.73831
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E1E756

secondary

#3A35AC

accent

#0ED717

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E1E756

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

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