#E2E055#E2E055

#E2E055 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.701; OKLCH L 88.3% C 0.158 H 108.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2E055
RGB	rgb(226, 224, 85)
HSL	hsl(59, 71%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(59, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.9%, 62.4%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.06, -16.13, 65.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.06, 67.90, 103.74°)
OKLab	oklab(88.29% -0.0499 0.1497)
OKLCH	oklch(88.29% 0.158 108.4)
XYZ	xyz(59.6613, 70.1377, 18.9877)
Luminance	0.7014 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2E055 #5557E2

analogous

#E29955 #E2E055 #9DE255

triadic

#E2E055 #55E2E0 #E055E2

tetradic

#E2E055 #55E299 #5557E2 #E2559D

square

#E2E055 #55E299 #5557E2 #E2559D

split-complementary

#E2E055 #559DE2 #9955E2

monochromatic

#A19F1B #D5D324 #E2E055 #EBEA89 #F4F3BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.40

#E2E055 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.03

#E2E055 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2E055

15.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2E055	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2E055	1.00	1.40	15.03	15.03
#FFFFFF	1.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F1D743

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F3DC5E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F1D2C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DADADA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2e055;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 224, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.3% 0.158 108.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eee98b',
    500: '#e2e055',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2e055;
$custom-light: #eee98b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2e055",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 224,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.149,
    "s": 70.854,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88292,
    "c": 0.15779,
    "h": 108.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.70136
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2E055

secondary

#3739A4

accent

#15D313

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2E055

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

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