#E1E85E#E1E85E

#E1E85E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.745; OKLCH L 90.0% C 0.159 H 111.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E1E85E
RGB	rgb(225, 232, 94)
HSL	hsl(63, 75%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(63, 59%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(3%, 0%, 59.5%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.17, -19.86, 64.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.17, 67.48, 107.12°)
OKLab	oklab(89.98% -0.0595 0.1478)
OKLCH	oklch(89.98% 0.159 111.9)
XYZ	xyz(61.9299, 74.5303, 21.7109)
Luminance	0.7453 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E1E85E #655EE8

analogous

#E8AA5E #E1E85E #9CE85E

triadic

#E1E85E #5EE1E8 #E85EE1

tetradic

#E1E85E #5EE8AA #655EE8 #E85E9C

square

#E1E85E #5EE8AA #655EE8 #E85E9C

split-complementary

#E1E85E #5E9CE8 #AA5EE8

monochromatic

#AAB219 #D7E028 #E1E85E #EBF094 #F5F7C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.32

#E1E85E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.91

#E1E85E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E1E85E

15.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E1E85E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E1E85E	1.00	1.32	15.91	15.91
#FFFFFF	1.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F8DE4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F9E266

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EFDBCB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E0E0E0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e1e85e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 232, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.0% 0.159 111.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edef91',
    500: '#e1e85e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e1e85e;
$custom-light: #edef91;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e1e85e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.043,
    "s": 75,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8998,
    "c": 0.15933,
    "h": 111.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.74529
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E1E85E

secondary

#3E38B3

accent

#0ED719

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FEFEF4

border

#D6D6CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E1E85E

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

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