#E2E161#E2E161

#E2E161 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.709; OKLCH L 88.6% C 0.149 H 108.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2E161
RGB	rgb(226, 225, 97)
HSL	hsl(60, 69%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(60, 57%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.4%, 57.1%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.43, -15.83, 61.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.43, 63.32, 104.47°)
OKLab	oklab(88.62% -0.0478 0.1414)
OKLCH	oklch(88.62% 0.149 108.7)
XYZ	xyz(60.4487, 70.8839, 21.8046)
Luminance	0.7088 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2E161 #6162E2

analogous

#E2A061 #E2E161 #A2E261

triadic

#E2E161 #61E2E1 #E161E2

tetradic

#E2E161 #61E2A0 #6162E2 #E261A2

square

#E2E161 #61E2A0 #6162E2 #E261A2

split-complementary

#E2E161 #61A2E2 #A061E2

monochromatic

#A9A81F #D9D72D #E2E161 #EBEB95 #F5F5C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.38

#E2E161 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.18

#E2E161 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2E161

15.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2E161	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2E161	1.00	1.38	15.18	15.18
#FFFFFF	1.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F2D953

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F3DD68

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F1D4C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DBDBDB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2e161;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 225, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.6% 0.149 108.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eeea92',
    500: '#e2e161',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2e161;
$custom-light: #eeea92;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2e161",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.535,
    "s": 68.984,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88615,
    "c": 0.14928,
    "h": 108.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.70882
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2E161

secondary

#3C3DAB

accent

#16D115

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2E161

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

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