#E1E942#E1E942

#E1E942 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.747; OKLCH L 90.0% C 0.179 H 112.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#E1E942
RGBrgb(225, 233, 66)
HSLhsl(63, 79%, 59%)
HSVhsv(63, 72%, 91%)
CMYKcmyk(3.4%, 0%, 71.7%, 8.6%)
CIE-LABlab(89.24, -21.93, 75.16)
CIE-LCHlch(89.24, 78.29, 106.27°)
OKLaboklab(89.97% -0.068 0.1661)
OKLCHoklch(89.97% 0.179 112.3)
XYZxyz(61.1756, 74.6802, 16.3453)
Luminance0.7468 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#E1E942 #4A42E9
analogous
#E99D42 #E1E942 #8DE942
triadic
#E1E942 #42E1E9 #E942E1
tetradic
#E1E942 #42E99D #4A42E9 #E9428D
square
#E1E942 #42E99D #4A42E9 #E9428D
split-complementary
#E1E942 #428DE9 #9D42E9
monochromatic
#979E12 #CCD519 #E1E942 #EAEF79 #F2F6B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.32
#E1E942 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.94
#E1E942 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E1E942
15.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##E1E942#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##E1E9421.001.3215.9415.94
#FFFFFF1.321.0021.0021.00
#00000015.9421.001.001.00
##00000015.9421.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#FBDE21
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#FBE24F
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F0DBC9
Achromatopsia (no color)
#E0E0E0

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #e1e942;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 233, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.0% 0.179 112.3);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eeef82',
    500: '#e1e942',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #e1e942;
$custom-light: #eeef82;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#e1e942",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.874,
    "s": 79.147,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89974,
    "c": 0.17948,
    "h": 112.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.74679
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#E1E942
secondary
#342EA1
accent
#32F63C
background
#FFFFFB
surface
#FEFEF2
border
#D6D6CC
text
#17160B
muted
#85857E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E1E942

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#E1E942 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva