#E1E953#E1E953

#E1E953 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.749; OKLCH L 90.1% C 0.169 H 112.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E1E953
RGB	rgb(225, 233, 83)
HSL	hsl(63, 77%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(63, 64%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.4%, 0%, 64.4%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.35, -21.05, 69.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.35, 72.25, 106.93°)
OKLab	oklab(90.1% -0.0639 0.1561)
OKLCH	oklch(90.1% 0.169 112.3)
XYZ	xyz(61.7533, 74.9113, 19.3882)
Luminance	0.7491 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E1E953 #5B53E9

analogous

#E9A653 #E1E953 #96E953

triadic

#E1E953 #53E1E9 #E953E1

tetradic

#E1E953 #53E9A6 #5B53E9 #E95396

square

#E1E953 #53E9A6 #5B53E9 #E95396

split-complementary

#E1E953 #5396E9 #A653E9

monochromatic

#A4AC16 #D7E21D #E1E953 #EAF089 #F4F7C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.31

#E1E953 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.98

#E1E953 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E1E953

15.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E1E953	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E1E953	1.00	1.31	15.98	15.98
#FFFFFF	1.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FADF3E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FAE25D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F0DCCA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E0E0E0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e1e953;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 233, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.1% 0.169 112.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eeef8b',
    500: '#e1e953',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e1e953;
$custom-light: #eeef8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e1e953",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.2,
    "s": 77.32,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90095,
    "c": 0.16867,
    "h": 112.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.7491
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E1E953

secondary

#3A33AD

accent

#0CDA17

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FEFEF4

border

#D6D6CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E1E953

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

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