#E2E059#E2E059

#E2E059 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.702; OKLCH L 88.3% C 0.155 H 108.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2E059
RGB	rgb(226, 224, 89)
HSL	hsl(59, 70%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(59, 61%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.9%, 60.6%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.10, -15.88, 64.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.10, 66.28, 103.86°)
OKLab	oklab(88.33% -0.0488 0.1468)
OKLCH	oklch(88.33% 0.155 108.4)
XYZ	xyz(59.8247, 70.2031, 19.8484)
Luminance	0.7020 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2E059 #595BE2

analogous

#E29C59 #E2E059 #A0E259

triadic

#E2E059 #59E2E0 #E059E2

tetradic

#E2E059 #59E29C #595BE2 #E259A0

square

#E2E059 #59E29C #595BE2 #E259A0

split-complementary

#E2E059 #59A0E2 #9C59E2

monochromatic

#A4A21D #D8D526 #E2E059 #EBEA8D #F4F3C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.40

#E2E059 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.04

#E2E059 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2E059

15.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2E059	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2E059	1.00	1.40	15.04	15.04
#FFFFFF	1.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F1D749

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F3DC61

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F1D3C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DADADA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2e059;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 224, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.3% 0.155 108.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eee98d',
    500: '#e2e059',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2e059;
$custom-light: #eee98d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2e059",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 224,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.124,
    "s": 70.256,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88328,
    "c": 0.15474,
    "h": 108.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.70201
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2E059

secondary

#393AA6

accent

#16D213

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2E059

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

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