#E1E859#E1E859

#E1E859 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.744; OKLCH L 89.9% C 0.163 H 111.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E1E859
RGB	rgb(225, 232, 89)
HSL	hsl(63, 76%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(63, 62%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(3%, 0%, 61.6%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.13, -20.19, 66.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.13, 69.50, 106.89°)
OKLab	oklab(89.93% -0.0609 0.1514)
OKLCH	oklch(89.93% 0.163 111.9)
XYZ	xyz(61.7128, 74.4434, 20.5674)
Luminance	0.7444 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E1E859 #6059E8

analogous

#E8A759 #E1E859 #99E859

triadic

#E1E859 #59E1E8 #E859E1

tetradic

#E1E859 #59E8A7 #6059E8 #E85999

square

#E1E859 #59E8A7 #6059E8 #E85999

split-complementary

#E1E859 #5999E8 #A759E8

monochromatic

#A7AE18 #D7E123 #E1E859 #EBEF8F #F4F7C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.32

#E1E859 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.89

#E1E859 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E1E859

15.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E1E859	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E1E859	1.00	1.32	15.89	15.89
#FFFFFF	1.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F9DE47

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F9E262

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EFDBCA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E0E0E0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e1e859;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 232, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.9% 0.163 111.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edef8e',
    500: '#e1e859',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e1e859;
$custom-light: #edef8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e1e859",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.937,
    "s": 75.661,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89934,
    "c": 0.16321,
    "h": 111.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.74442
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E1E859

secondary

#3C36AF

accent

#0ED818

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FEFEF4

border

#D6D6CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E1E859

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

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