#E1E955#E1E955
#E1E955 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.749; OKLCH L 90.1% C 0.167 H 112.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E1E955 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(225, 233, 85) |
| HSL | hsl(63, 77%, 62%) |
| HSV | hsv(63, 64%, 91%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(3.4%, 0%, 63.5%, 8.6%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(89.37, -20.93, 68.36) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(89.37, 71.49, 107.02°) |
| OKLab | oklab(90.11% -0.0634 0.1548) |
| OKLCH | oklch(90.11% 0.167 112.3) |
| XYZ | xyz(61.8317, 74.9426, 19.8008) |
| Luminance | 0.7494 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Sickly Yellow
#D0E429
ΔE00 3.60
Off Yellow
#F1F33F
ΔE00 3.92
Yellowish
#FAEE66
ΔE00 4.96
Straw
#FCF679
ΔE00 5.03
Canary
#FDFF63
ΔE00 5.06
Pastel Yellow
#FFFE71
ΔE00 5.17
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E1E955 #5D55E9
analogous
#E9A755 #E1E955 #97E955
triadic
#E1E955 #55E1E9 #E955E1
tetradic
#E1E955 #55E9A7 #5D55E9 #E95597
square
#E1E955 #55E9A7 #5D55E9 #E95597
split-complementary
#E1E955 #5597E9 #A755E9
monochromatic
#A5AD16 #D7E21F #E1E955 #EBF08B #F4F7C1
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.31
#E1E955 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
15.99
#E1E955 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E1E955
15.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E1E955 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E1E955 | 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)
#FADF41
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#FAE25F
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#EFDCCB
Achromatopsia (no color)
#E1E1E1
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e1e955; /* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 233, 85); /* oklch */ color: oklch(90.1% 0.167 112.3);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#eeef8c',
500: '#e1e955',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e1e955; $custom-light: #eeef8c; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e1e955",
"rgb": {
"r": 225,
"g": 233,
"b": 85
},
"hsl": {
"h": 63.243,
"s": 77.083,
"l": 62.353
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.90112,
"c": 0.16723,
"h": 112.3
},
"luminance": 0.74941
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E1E955
secondary
#3B34AE
accent
#0CD917
background
#FFFFFC
surface
#FEFEF4
border
#D6D6CE
text
#17160D
muted
#85857F