#E1E851#E1E851

#E1E851 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.743; OKLCH L 89.9% C 0.169 H 111.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#E1E851
RGBrgb(225, 232, 81)
HSLhsl(63, 77%, 61%)
HSVhsv(63, 65%, 91%)
CMYKcmyk(3%, 0%, 65.1%, 9%)
CIE-LABlab(89.07, -20.68, 69.61)
CIE-LCHlch(89.07, 72.61, 106.55°)
OKLaboklab(89.87% -0.0631 0.1568)
OKLCHoklch(89.87% 0.169 111.9)
XYZxyz(61.3950, 74.3163, 18.8933)
Luminance0.7431 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#E1E851 #5851E8
analogous
#E8A351 #E1E851 #96E851
triadic
#E1E851 #51E1E8 #E851E1
tetradic
#E1E851 #51E8A3 #5851E8 #E85196
square
#E1E851 #51E8A3 #5851E8 #E85196
split-complementary
#E1E851 #5196E8 #A351E8
monochromatic
#A2A816 #D5DE1D #E1E851 #EAEF87 #F4F6BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.32
#E1E851 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.86
#E1E851 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E1E851
15.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##E1E851#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##E1E8511.001.3215.8615.86
#FFFFFF1.321.0021.0021.00
#00000015.8621.001.001.00
##00000015.8621.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#F9DE3C
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#FAE25B
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F0DAC9
Achromatopsia (no color)
#E0E0E0

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #e1e851;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 232, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.9% 0.169 111.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eeef89',
    500: '#e1e851',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #e1e851;
$custom-light: #eeef89;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#e1e851",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.781,
    "s": 76.65,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89867,
    "c": 0.16902,
    "h": 111.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.74315
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#E1E851
secondary
#3933AA
accent
#0DD916
background
#FFFFFC
surface
#FEFEF4
border
#D6D6CE
text
#17160C
muted
#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E1E851

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#E1E851 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva