#E2E249#E2E249

#E2E249 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.710; OKLCH L 88.6% C 0.168 H 109.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2E249
RGB	rgb(226, 226, 73)
HSL	hsl(60, 73%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(60, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 67.7%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.51, -17.79, 71.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.51, 73.24, 104.06°)
OKLab	oklab(88.62% -0.0558 0.1586)
OKLCH	oklch(88.62% 0.168 109.4)
XYZ	xyz(59.7650, 71.0442, 16.8667)
Luminance	0.7104 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2E249 #4949E2

analogous

#E29549 #E2E249 #95E249

triadic

#E2E249 #49E2E2 #E249E2

tetradic

#E2E249 #49E295 #4949E2 #E24995

square

#E2E249 #49E295 #4949E2 #E24995

split-complementary

#E2E249 #4995E2 #9549E2

monochromatic

#989818 #CDCD21 #E2E249 #EAEA7E #F3F3B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.38

#E2E249 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.21

#E2E249 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2E249

15.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2E249	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2E249	1.00	1.38	15.21	15.21
#FFFFFF	1.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4D931

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6DE54

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F2D4C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DBDBDB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2e249;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 226, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.6% 0.168 109.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efea85',
    500: '#e2e249',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2e249;
$custom-light: #efea85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2e249",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 72.512,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88618,
    "c": 0.1681,
    "h": 109.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.71043
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2E249

secondary

#33339C

accent

#39EF39

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF3

border

#D6D5CD

text

#17160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2E249

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

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