#E1E957#E1E957

#E1E957 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.750; OKLCH L 90.1% C 0.166 H 112.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E1E957
RGB	rgb(225, 233, 87)
HSL	hsl(63, 77%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(63, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.4%, 0%, 62.7%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.38, -20.80, 67.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.38, 70.71, 107.11°)
OKLab	oklab(90.13% -0.0628 0.1534)
OKLCH	oklch(90.13% 0.166 112.3)
XYZ	xyz(61.9123, 74.9749, 20.2252)
Luminance	0.7497 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E1E957 #5F57E9

analogous

#E9A857 #E1E957 #98E957

triadic

#E1E957 #57E1E9 #E957E1

tetradic

#E1E957 #57E9A8 #5F57E9 #E95798

square

#E1E957 #57E9A8 #5F57E9 #E95798

split-complementary

#E1E957 #5798E9 #A857E9

monochromatic

#A6AF17 #D7E221 #E1E957 #EBF08D #F4F7C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.31

#E1E957 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.99

#E1E957 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E1E957

15.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E1E957	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E1E957	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)

#FADF44

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FAE261

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EFDCCB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E1E1E1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e1e957;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 233, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.1% 0.166 112.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edef8d',
    500: '#e1e957',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e1e957;
$custom-light: #edef8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e1e957",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.288,
    "s": 76.842,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90129,
    "c": 0.16577,
    "h": 112.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.74973
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E1E957

secondary

#3B35AF

accent

#0CD918

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FEFEF4

border

#D6D6CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E1E957

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

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