#E1E862#E1E862

#E1E862 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.746; OKLCH L 90.0% C 0.156 H 111.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E1E862
RGB	rgb(225, 232, 98)
HSL	hsl(63, 74%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(63, 58%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(3%, 0%, 57.8%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.21, -19.58, 62.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.21, 65.81, 107.31°)
OKLab	oklab(90.02% -0.0583 0.1448)
OKLCH	oklch(90.02% 0.156 111.9)
XYZ	xyz(62.1141, 74.6039, 22.6809)
Luminance	0.7460 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E1E862 #6962E8

analogous

#E8AC62 #E1E862 #9EE862

triadic

#E1E862 #62E1E8 #E862E1

tetradic

#E1E862 #62E8AC #6962E8 #E8629E

square

#E1E862 #62E8AC #6962E8 #E8629E

split-complementary

#E1E862 #629EE8 #AC62E8

monochromatic

#ADB51B #D7E02D #E1E862 #EBF097 #F5F8CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.32

#E1E862 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.92

#E1E862 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E1E862

15.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E1E862	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E1E862	1.00	1.32	15.92	15.92
#FFFFFF	1.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F8DE53

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F9E26A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EFDBCB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E0E0E0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e1e862;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 232, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.0% 0.156 111.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edef93',
    500: '#e1e862',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e1e862;
$custom-light: #edef93;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e1e862",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.134,
    "s": 74.444,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90019,
    "c": 0.15608,
    "h": 111.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.74603
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E1E862

secondary

#4039B5

accent

#0FD719

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FEFEF4

border

#D6D6CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E1E862

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

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