#E1E84F#E1E84F
#E1E84F is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.743; OKLCH L 89.9% C 0.170 H 111.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E1E84F |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(225, 232, 79) |
| HSL | hsl(63, 77%, 61%) |
| HSV | hsv(63, 66%, 91%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(3%, 0%, 65.9%, 9%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(89.06, -20.79, 70.35) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(89.06, 73.36, 106.46°) |
| OKLab | oklab(89.85% -0.0636 0.1581) |
| OKLCH | oklch(89.85% 0.17 111.9) |
| XYZ | xyz(61.3211, 74.2867, 18.5041) |
| Luminance | 0.7429 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Sickly Yellow
#D0E429
ΔE00 3.36
Off Yellow
#F1F33F
ΔE00 3.60
Yellowish
#FAEE66
ΔE00 4.89
Canary
#FDFF63
ΔE00 5.13
Banana Yellow
#FAFE4B
ΔE00 5.21
Straw
#FCF679
ΔE00 5.24
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E1E84F #564FE8
analogous
#E8A24F #E1E84F #94E84F
triadic
#E1E84F #4FE1E8 #E84FE1
tetradic
#E1E84F #4FE8A2 #564FE8 #E84F94
square
#E1E84F #4FE8A2 #564FE8 #E84F94
split-complementary
#E1E84F #4F94E8 #A24FE8
monochromatic
#A0A716 #D4DD1D #E1E84F #EAEF85 #F3F6BB
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.32
#E1E84F on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
15.86
#E1E84F on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E1E84F
15.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E1E84F | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E1E84F | 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)
#F9DE39
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#FAE25A
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F0DAC9
Achromatopsia (no color)
#E0E0E0
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e1e84f; /* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 232, 79); /* oklch */ color: oklch(89.9% 0.170 111.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#eeef88',
500: '#e1e84f',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e1e84f; $custom-light: #eeef88; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e1e84f",
"rgb": {
"r": 225,
"g": 232,
"b": 79
},
"hsl": {
"h": 62.745,
"s": 76.884,
"l": 60.98
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.89852,
"c": 0.17039,
"h": 111.9
},
"luminance": 0.74285
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E1E84F
secondary
#3833A9
accent
#0CD916
background
#FFFFFC
surface
#FEFEF4
border
#D6D6CE
text
#17160C
muted
#85857F