#E1E85C#E1E85C

#E1E85C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.745; OKLCH L 90.0% C 0.161 H 111.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E1E85C
RGB	rgb(225, 232, 92)
HSL	hsl(63, 75%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(63, 60%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(3%, 0%, 60.3%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.16, -20.00, 65.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.16, 68.30, 107.02°)
OKLab	oklab(89.96% -0.06 0.1493)
OKLCH	oklch(89.96% 0.161 111.9)
XYZ	xyz(61.8414, 74.4948, 21.2444)
Luminance	0.7449 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E1E85C #635CE8

analogous

#E8A95C #E1E85C #9BE85C

triadic

#E1E85C #5CE1E8 #E85CE1

tetradic

#E1E85C #5CE8A9 #635CE8 #E85C9B

square

#E1E85C #5CE8A9 #635CE8 #E85C9B

split-complementary

#E1E85C #5C9BE8 #A95CE8

monochromatic

#A9B119 #D7E026 #E1E85C #EBF092 #F5F7C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.32

#E1E85C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.90

#E1E85C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E1E85C

15.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E1E85C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E1E85C	1.00	1.32	15.90	15.90
#FFFFFF	1.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F8DE4B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F9E265

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EFDBCB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E0E0E0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e1e85c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 232, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.0% 0.161 111.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edef90',
    500: '#e1e85c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e1e85c;
$custom-light: #edef90;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e1e85c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63,
    "s": 75.269,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89961,
    "c": 0.16091,
    "h": 111.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.74493
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E1E85C

secondary

#3D37B1

accent

#0ED718

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FEFEF4

border

#D6D6CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E1E85C

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

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