#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
RGBrgb(225, 233, 87)
HSLhsl(63, 77%, 63%)
HSVhsv(63, 63%, 91%)
CMYKcmyk(3.4%, 0%, 62.7%, 8.6%)
CIE-LABlab(89.38, -20.80, 67.58)
CIE-LCHlch(89.38, 70.71, 107.11°)
OKLaboklab(90.13% -0.0628 0.1534)
OKLCHoklch(90.13% 0.166 112.3)
XYZxyz(61.9123, 74.9749, 20.2252)
Luminance0.7497 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

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
##E1E9571.001.3115.9915.99
#FFFFFF1.311.0021.0021.00
#00000015.9921.001.001.00
##00000015.9921.001.001.00

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

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#E1E957 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva