#E1E85A#E1E85A

#E1E85A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.745; OKLCH L 89.9% C 0.162 H 111.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E1E85A
RGB	rgb(225, 232, 90)
HSL	hsl(63, 76%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(63, 61%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(3%, 0%, 61.2%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.14, -20.13, 66.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.14, 69.10, 106.93°)
OKLab	oklab(89.94% -0.0606 0.1507)
OKLCH	oklch(89.94% 0.162 111.9)
XYZ	xyz(61.7551, 74.4603, 20.7900)
Luminance	0.7446 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E1E85A #615AE8

analogous

#E8A85A #E1E85A #9AE85A

triadic

#E1E85A #5AE1E8 #E85AE1

tetradic

#E1E85A #5AE8A8 #615AE8 #E85A9A

square

#E1E85A #5AE8A8 #615AE8 #E85A9A

split-complementary

#E1E85A #5A9AE8 #A85AE8

monochromatic

#A8AF18 #D7E124 #E1E85A #EBEF90 #F5F7C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.32

#E1E85A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.89

#E1E85A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E1E85A

15.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E1E85A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E1E85A	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)

#F9DE49

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F9E263

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EFDBCA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E0E0E0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e1e85a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 232, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.9% 0.162 111.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edef8f',
    500: '#e1e85a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e1e85a;
$custom-light: #edef8f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e1e85a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.958,
    "s": 75.532,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89943,
    "c": 0.16245,
    "h": 111.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.74459
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E1E85A

secondary

#3C36B0

accent

#0ED818

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FEFEF4

border

#D6D6CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E1E85A

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

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