#E1EE55#E1EE55

#E1EE55 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.778; OKLCH L 91.2% C 0.173 H 114.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E1EE55
RGB	rgb(225, 238, 85)
HSL	hsl(65, 82%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(65, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.5%, 0%, 64.3%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.69, -23.33, 69.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.69, 73.54, 108.49°)
OKLab	oklab(91.18% -0.0701 0.1577)
OKLCH	oklch(91.18% 0.173 114)
XYZ	xyz(63.2672, 77.8137, 20.2793)
Luminance	0.7781 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E1EE55 #6255EE

analogous

#EEAE55 #E1EE55 #94EE55

triadic

#E1EE55 #55E1EE #EE55E1

tetradic

#E1EE55 #55EEAE #6255EE #EE5594

square

#E1EE55 #55EEAE #6255EE #EE5594

split-complementary

#E1EE55 #5594EE #AE55EE

monochromatic

#A8B612 #D7E81D #E1EE55 #EBF48D #F5F9C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.27

#E1EE55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.56

#E1EE55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E1EE55

16.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E1EE55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E1EE55	1.00	1.27	16.56	16.56
#FFFFFF	1.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFE340

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FEE660

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EFE1CF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E4E4E4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e1ee55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 238, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.2% 0.173 114.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eef38c',
    500: '#e1ee55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e1ee55;
$custom-light: #eef38c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e1ee55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 238,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.098,
    "s": 81.818,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91175,
    "c": 0.17256,
    "h": 114
  },
  "luminance": 0.77813
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E1EE55

secondary

#3D31B6

accent

#07DE1A

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FEFEF4

border

#D6D6CE

text

#17170D

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E1EE55

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

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