#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
RGB	rgb(225, 232, 81)
HSL	hsl(63, 77%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(63, 65%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(3%, 0%, 65.1%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.07, -20.68, 69.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.07, 72.61, 106.55°)
OKLab	oklab(89.87% -0.0631 0.1568)
OKLCH	oklch(89.87% 0.169 111.9)
XYZ	xyz(61.3950, 74.3163, 18.8933)
Luminance	0.7431 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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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
##E1E851	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)

#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

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

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