#E1EA42#E1EA42

#E1EA42 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.752; OKLCH L 90.2% C 0.180 H 112.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E1EA42
RGB	rgb(225, 234, 66)
HSL	hsl(63, 80%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(63, 72%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.8%, 0%, 71.8%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.51, -22.41, 75.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.51, 78.67, 106.55°)
OKLab	oklab(90.19% -0.0693 0.1666)
OKLCH	oklch(90.19% 0.18 112.6)
XYZ	xyz(61.4595, 75.2480, 16.4400)
Luminance	0.7525 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E1EA42 #4B42EA

analogous

#EA9F42 #E1EA42 #8DEA42

triadic

#E1EA42 #42E1EA #EA42E1

tetradic

#E1EA42 #42EA9F #4B42EA #EA428D

square

#E1EA42 #42EA9F #4B42EA #EA428D

split-complementary

#E1EA42 #428DEA #9F42EA

monochromatic

#98A012 #CDD718 #E1EA42 #EAF079 #F2F6B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.31

#E1EA42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.05

#E1EA42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E1EA42

16.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E1EA42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E1EA42	1.00	1.31	16.05	16.05
#FFFFFF	1.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FCDF20

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FCE350

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F0DCCA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E1E1E1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e1ea42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 234, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.2% 0.180 112.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eef082',
    500: '#e1ea42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e1ea42;
$custom-light: #eef082;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e1ea42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 234,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.214,
    "s": 80,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90187,
    "c": 0.18048,
    "h": 112.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.75247
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E1EA42

secondary

#342EA2

accent

#31F63C

background

#FFFFFB

surface

#FEFEF2

border

#D6D6CC

text

#17160B

muted

#85857E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E1EA42

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

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