#E2E151#E2E151

#E2E151 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.706; OKLCH L 88.5% C 0.162 H 108.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2E151
RGB	rgb(226, 225, 81)
HSL	hsl(60, 71%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(60, 64%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.4%, 64.2%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.30, -16.86, 67.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.30, 69.86, 103.97°)
OKLab	oklab(88.47% -0.0524 0.153)
OKLCH	oklch(88.47% 0.162 108.9)
XYZ	xyz(59.7764, 70.6150, 18.2642)
Luminance	0.7061 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2E151 #5152E2

analogous

#E29851 #E2E151 #9BE251

triadic

#E2E151 #51E2E1 #E151E2

tetradic

#E2E151 #51E298 #5152E2 #E2519B

square

#E2E151 #51E298 #5152E2 #E2519B

split-complementary

#E2E151 #519BE2 #9851E2

monochromatic

#9E9D1A #D3D123 #E2E151 #EBEA85 #F3F3BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.39

#E2E151 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.12

#E2E151 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2E151

15.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2E151	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2E151	1.00	1.39	15.12	15.12
#FFFFFF	1.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F2D83D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F4DD5A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F1D3C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DBDBDB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2e151;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 225, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.5% 0.162 108.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eeea89',
    500: '#e2e151',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2e151;
$custom-light: #eeea89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2e151",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.586,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88469,
    "c": 0.1617,
    "h": 108.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.70613
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2E151

secondary

#3637A1

accent

#13D312

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2E151

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

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