#E2E057#E2E057

#E2E057 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.702; OKLCH L 88.3% C 0.156 H 108.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2E057
RGB	rgb(226, 224, 87)
HSL	hsl(59, 71%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(59, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.9%, 61.5%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.08, -16.01, 65.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.08, 67.10, 103.80°)
OKLab	oklab(88.31% -0.0494 0.1483)
OKLCH	oklch(88.31% 0.156 108.4)
XYZ	xyz(59.7419, 70.1699, 19.4121)
Luminance	0.7017 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2E057 #5759E2

analogous

#E29B57 #E2E057 #9FE257

triadic

#E2E057 #57E2E0 #E057E2

tetradic

#E2E057 #57E29B #5759E2 #E2579F

square

#E2E057 #57E29B #5759E2 #E2579F

split-complementary

#E2E057 #579FE2 #9B57E2

monochromatic

#A3A11C #D7D425 #E2E057 #EBEA8B #F4F3BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.40

#E2E057 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.03

#E2E057 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2E057

15.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2E057	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2E057	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)

#F1D746

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F3DC5F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F1D3C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DADADA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2e057;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 224, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.3% 0.156 108.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eee98c',
    500: '#e2e057',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2e057;
$custom-light: #eee98c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2e057",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 224,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.137,
    "s": 70.558,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8831,
    "c": 0.15627,
    "h": 108.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.70168
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2E057

secondary

#383AA5

accent

#16D313

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2E057

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

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