#E1E978#E1E978

#E1E978 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.756; OKLCH L 90.5% C 0.137 H 112.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E1E978
RGB	rgb(225, 233, 120)
HSL	hsl(64, 72%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(64, 48%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.4%, 0%, 48.5%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.69, -18.29, 53.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.69, 56.56, 108.86°)
OKLab	oklab(90.48% -0.0524 0.127)
OKLCH	oklch(90.48% 0.137 112.4)
XYZ	xyz(63.5815, 75.6426, 29.0167)
Luminance	0.7564 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E1E978 #8078E9

analogous

#E9B978 #E1E978 #A9E978

triadic

#E1E978 #78E1E9 #E978E1

tetradic

#E1E978 #78E9B9 #8078E9 #E978A9

square

#E1E978 #78E9B9 #8078E9 #E978A9

split-complementary

#E1E978 #78A9E9 #B978E9

monochromatic

#BBC620 #D5E043 #E1E978 #EDF2AD #F8FAE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.30

#E1E978 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.13

#E1E978 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E1E978

16.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E1E978	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E1E978	1.00	1.30	16.13	16.13
#FFFFFF	1.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F7E06E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F8E37E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDDECF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E1E1E1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e1e978;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 233, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.5% 0.137 112.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecefa1',
    500: '#e1e978',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e1e978;
$custom-light: #ecefa1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e1e978",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.248,
    "s": 71.975,
    "l": 69.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90478,
    "c": 0.13735,
    "h": 112.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.75641
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E1E978

secondary

#4D44C1

accent

#11D41F

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FEFEF5

border

#D6D6CF

text

#16160F

muted

#858580

Preview Lab

Preview with #E1E978

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