#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
RGB	rgb(225, 233, 66)
HSL	hsl(63, 79%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(63, 72%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.4%, 0%, 71.7%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.24, -21.93, 75.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.24, 78.29, 106.27°)
OKLab	oklab(89.97% -0.068 0.1661)
OKLCH	oklch(89.97% 0.179 112.3)
XYZ	xyz(61.1756, 74.6802, 16.3453)
Luminance	0.7468 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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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
##E1E942	1.00	1.32	15.94	15.94
#FFFFFF	1.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

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

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