The present invention provides various organic electroluminescent elements using a material for a capping layer and a material for a luminous layer, in which the material for a capping layer uses an arylamine material that exhibit excellent stability and durability in the form of a thin film, especially a specific amine compound having a high refractive index and having a high absorbance within a wavelength range from 400 nm to 410 nm in the absorption spectrum at a concentration of 10−5 mol/L; and in which the material for a luminous layer uses a compound containing a heterocyclic compound that has a specific fused ring structure.