#E1E863#E1E863
#E1E863 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.746; OKLCH L 90.0% C 0.155 H 111.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E1E863 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(225, 232, 99) |
| HSL | hsl(63, 74%, 65%) |
| HSV | hsv(63, 57%, 91%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(3%, 0%, 57.3%, 9%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(89.22, -19.51, 62.41) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(89.22, 65.39, 107.36°) |
| OKLab | oklab(90.03% -0.058 0.144) |
| OKLCH | oklch(90.03% 0.155 111.9) |
| XYZ | xyz(62.1616, 74.6229, 22.9311) |
| Luminance | 0.7462 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Straw
#FCF679
ΔE00 4.64
Sickly Yellow
#D0E429
ΔE00 4.73
Yellowish Tan
#FCFC81
ΔE00 4.92
Yellowish
#FAEE66
ΔE00 4.97
Off Yellow
#F1F33F
ΔE00 5.11
Custard
#FFFD78
ΔE00 5.18
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E1E863 #6A63E8
analogous
#E8AD63 #E1E863 #9EE863
triadic
#E1E863 #63E1E8 #E863E1
tetradic
#E1E863 #63E8AD #6A63E8 #E8639E
square
#E1E863 #63E8AD #6A63E8 #E8639E
split-complementary
#E1E863 #639EE8 #AD63E8
monochromatic
#AEB61B #D7E02E #E1E863 #EBF098 #F6F8CE
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.32
#E1E863 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
15.92
#E1E863 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E1E863
15.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E1E863 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E1E863 | 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)
#F8DE54
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#F8E26B
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#EFDBCB
Achromatopsia (no color)
#E0E0E0
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e1e863; /* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 232, 99); /* oklch */ color: oklch(90.0% 0.155 111.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#edef94',
500: '#e1e863',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e1e863; $custom-light: #edef94; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e1e863",
"rgb": {
"r": 225,
"g": 232,
"b": 99
},
"hsl": {
"h": 63.158,
"s": 74.302,
"l": 64.902
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.90029,
"c": 0.15525,
"h": 111.9
},
"luminance": 0.74622
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E1E863
secondary
#4039B6
accent
#0FD61A
background
#FFFFFC
surface
#FEFEF5
border
#D6D6CF
text
#17160D
muted
#85857F