#E1E857#E1E857

#E1E857 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	#E1E857
RGB	rgb(225, 232, 87)
HSL	hsl(63, 76%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(63, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(3%, 0%, 62.5%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.12, -20.32, 67.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.12, 70.30, 106.80°)
OKLab	oklab(89.92% -0.0615 0.1528)
OKLCH	oklch(89.92% 0.165 111.9)
XYZ	xyz(61.6300, 74.4103, 20.1311)
Luminance	0.7441 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E1E857 #5E57E8

analogous

#E8A757 #E1E857 #98E857

triadic

#E1E857 #57E1E8 #E857E1

tetradic

#E1E857 #57E8A7 #5E57E8 #E85798

square

#E1E857 #57E8A7 #5E57E8 #E85798

split-complementary

#E1E857 #5798E8 #A757E8

monochromatic

#A6AD18 #D7E121 #E1E857 #EBEF8D #F4F7C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.32

#E1E857 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.88

#E1E857 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E1E857

15.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E1E857	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E1E857	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)

#F9DE44

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F9E260

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EFDBCA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E0E0E0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e1e857;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 232, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.9% 0.165 111.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edef8d',
    500: '#e1e857',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e1e857;
$custom-light: #edef8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e1e857",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.897,
    "s": 75.916,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89917,
    "c": 0.16471,
    "h": 111.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.74409
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E1E857

secondary

#3B35AE

accent

#0DD817

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FEFEF4

border

#D6D6CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E1E857

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

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