#E1E873#E1E873

#E1E873 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.750; OKLCH L 90.2% C 0.141 H 112.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E1E873
RGB	rgb(225, 232, 115)
HSL	hsl(64, 72%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(64, 50%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(3%, 0%, 50.4%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.37, -18.24, 55.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.37, 58.39, 108.20°)
OKLab	oklab(90.21% -0.0528 0.1308)
OKLCH	oklch(90.21% 0.141 112)
XYZ	xyz(63.0037, 74.9598, 27.3661)
Luminance	0.7496 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E1E873 #7A73E8

analogous

#E8B473 #E1E873 #A6E873

triadic

#E1E873 #73E1E8 #E873E1

tetradic

#E1E873 #73E8B4 #7A73E8 #E873A6

square

#E1E873 #73E8B4 #7A73E8 #E873A6

split-complementary

#E1E873 #73A6E8 #B473E8

monochromatic

#B7C120 #D6DF3E #E1E873 #ECF1A8 #F8F9DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.31

#E1E873 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.99

#E1E873 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E1E873

15.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E1E873	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E1E873	1.00	1.31	15.99	15.99
#FFFFFF	1.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F7DF68

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F7E279

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEDCCD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E1E1E1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e1e873;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 232, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.2% 0.141 112.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecef9e',
    500: '#e1e873',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e1e873;
$custom-light: #ecef9e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e1e873",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.59,
    "s": 71.779,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90206,
    "c": 0.14099,
    "h": 112
  },
  "luminance": 0.74959
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E1E873

secondary

#4740C0

accent

#12D41D

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FEFEF5

border

#D6D6CF

text

#17160F

muted

#858580

Preview Lab

Preview with #E1E873

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

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