#E1E960#E1E960

#E1E960 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.751; OKLCH L 90.2% C 0.159 H 112.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E1E960
RGB	rgb(225, 233, 96)
HSL	hsl(64, 76%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(64, 59%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.4%, 0%, 58.8%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.45, -20.21, 63.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.45, 67.07, 107.53°)
OKLab	oklab(90.21% -0.0602 0.1469)
OKLCH	oklch(90.21% 0.159 112.3)
XYZ	xyz(62.3031, 75.1312, 22.2838)
Luminance	0.7513 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E1E960 #6860E9

analogous

#E9AD60 #E1E960 #9CE960

triadic

#E1E960 #60E1E9 #E960E1

tetradic

#E1E960 #60E9AD #6860E9 #E9609C

square

#E1E960 #60E9AD #6860E9 #E9609C

split-complementary

#E1E960 #609CE9 #AD60E9

monochromatic

#ACB519 #D7E22A #E1E960 #EBF096 #F5F8CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.31

#E1E960 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.03

#E1E960 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E1E960

16.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E1E960	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E1E960	1.00	1.31	16.03	16.03
#FFFFFF	1.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F9DF50

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F9E368

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EFDCCC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E1E1E1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e1e960;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 233, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.2% 0.159 112.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edef92',
    500: '#e1e960',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e1e960;
$custom-light: #edef92;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e1e960",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.504,
    "s": 75.691,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90211,
    "c": 0.15881,
    "h": 112.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.7513
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E1E960

secondary

#3F38B5

accent

#0ED819

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FEFEF4

border

#D6D6CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E1E960

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

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