#E1E856#E1E856

#E1E856 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.744; OKLCH L 89.9% C 0.165 H 111.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E1E856
RGB	rgb(225, 232, 86)
HSL	hsl(63, 76%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(63, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(3%, 0%, 62.9%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.11, -20.38, 67.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.11, 70.69, 106.76°)
OKLab	oklab(89.91% -0.0617 0.1535)
OKLCH	oklch(89.91% 0.165 111.9)
XYZ	xyz(61.5894, 74.3941, 19.9174)
Luminance	0.7439 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E1E856 #5D56E8

analogous

#E8A656 #E1E856 #98E856

triadic

#E1E856 #56E1E8 #E856E1

tetradic

#E1E856 #56E8A6 #5D56E8 #E85698

square

#E1E856 #56E8A6 #5D56E8 #E85698

split-complementary

#E1E856 #5698E8 #A656E8

monochromatic

#A5AC17 #D7E120 #E1E856 #EBEF8C #F4F7C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.32

#E1E856 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.88

#E1E856 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E1E856

15.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E1E856	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E1E856	1.00	1.32	15.88	15.88
#FFFFFF	1.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F9DE43

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F9E260

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EFDBCA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E0E0E0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e1e856;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 232, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.9% 0.165 111.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edef8c',
    500: '#e1e856',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e1e856;
$custom-light: #edef8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e1e856",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.877,
    "s": 76.042,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89908,
    "c": 0.16545,
    "h": 111.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.74393
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E1E856

secondary

#3B35AD

accent

#0DD817

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FEFEF4

border

#D6D6CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E1E856

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

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