#E1E985#E1E985

#E1E985 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.760; OKLCH L 90.7% C 0.124 H 112.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E1E985
RGB	rgb(225, 233, 133)
HSL	hsl(65, 69%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(65, 43%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.4%, 0%, 42.9%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.85, -17.04, 47.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.85, 50.50, 109.72°)
OKLab	oklab(90.65% -0.0477 0.1146)
OKLCH	oklch(90.65% 0.124 112.6)
XYZ	xyz(64.4247, 75.9798, 33.4575)
Luminance	0.7598 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E1E985 #8D85E9

analogous

#E9BF85 #E1E985 #AFE985

triadic

#E1E985 #85E1E9 #E985E1

tetradic

#E1E985 #85E9BF #8D85E9 #E985AF

square

#E1E985 #85E9BF #8D85E9 #E985AF

split-complementary

#E1E985 #85AFE9 #BF85E9

monochromatic

#C1CE25 #D4E051 #E1E985 #EEF2B9 #F9FAE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.30

#E1E985 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.20

#E1E985 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E1E985

16.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E1E985	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E1E985	1.00	1.30	16.20	16.20
#FFFFFF	1.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F6E17D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6E38A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECDED1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E2E2E2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e1e985;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 233, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.7% 0.124 112.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecf0aa',
    500: '#e1e985',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e1e985;
$custom-light: #ecf0aa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e1e985",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.8,
    "s": 69.444,
    "l": 71.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90654,
    "c": 0.12417,
    "h": 112.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.75979
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E1E985

secondary

#5950C2

accent

#14D123

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FEFEF7

border

#D6D6D0

text

#161610

muted

#858581

Preview Lab

Preview with #E1E985

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

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