#E2E172#E2E172

#E2E172 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.712; OKLCH L 88.8% C 0.134 H 108.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2E172
RGB	rgb(226, 225, 114)
HSL	hsl(59, 66%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(59, 50%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.4%, 49.6%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.60, -14.49, 53.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.60, 55.77, 105.06°)
OKLab	oklab(88.81% -0.0422 0.1271)
OKLCH	oklch(88.81% 0.134 108.4)
XYZ	xyz(61.3279, 71.2356, 26.4356)
Luminance	0.7123 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2E172 #7273E2

analogous

#E2A972 #E2E172 #ABE272

triadic

#E2E172 #72E2E1 #E172E2

tetradic

#E2E172 #72E2A9 #7273E2 #E272AB

square

#E2E172 #72E2A9 #7273E2 #E272AB

split-complementary

#E2E172 #72ABE2 #A972E2

monochromatic

#B4B325 #D8D63F #E2E172 #ECECA5 #F7F7D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.38

#E2E172 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.25

#E2E172 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2E172

15.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2E172	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2E172	1.00	1.38	15.25	15.25
#FFFFFF	1.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F0D968

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F2DE78

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EFD5C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DCDCDC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2e172;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 225, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.8% 0.134 108.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edea9d',
    500: '#e2e172',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2e172;
$custom-light: #edea9d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2e172",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.464,
    "s": 65.882,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88806,
    "c": 0.13396,
    "h": 108.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.71234
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2E172

secondary

#4344B5

accent

#19CE18

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#17160E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2E172

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

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