#E1E759#E1E759

#E1E759 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.739; OKLCH L 89.7% C 0.162 H 111.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E1E759
RGB	rgb(225, 231, 89)
HSL	hsl(63, 75%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(63, 61%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.6%, 0%, 61.5%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.87, -19.71, 66.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.87, 69.09, 106.57°)
OKLab	oklab(89.72% -0.0595 0.1508)
OKLCH	oklch(89.72% 0.162 111.5)
XYZ	xyz(61.4321, 73.8821, 20.4738)
Luminance	0.7388 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E1E759 #5F59E7

analogous

#E7A659 #E1E759 #9AE759

triadic

#E1E759 #59E1E7 #E759E1

tetradic

#E1E759 #59E7A6 #5F59E7 #E7599A

square

#E1E759 #59E7A6 #5F59E7 #E7599A

split-complementary

#E1E759 #599AE7 #A659E7

monochromatic

#A6AD19 #D7DF24 #E1E759 #EBEF8E #F4F6C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.33

#E1E759 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.78

#E1E759 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E1E759

15.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E1E759	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E1E759	1.00	1.33	15.78	15.78
#FFFFFF	1.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F8DD47

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F8E162

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EFDAC9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e1e759;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 231, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.7% 0.162 111.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edee8e',
    500: '#e1e759',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e1e759;
$custom-light: #edee8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e1e759",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 231,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.535,
    "s": 74.737,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89722,
    "c": 0.16215,
    "h": 111.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.73881
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E1E759

secondary

#3B36AE

accent

#0FD717

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E1E759

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

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