#E2E253#E2E253

#E2E253 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.712; OKLCH L 88.7% C 0.161 H 109.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2E253
RGB	rgb(226, 226, 83)
HSL	hsl(60, 71%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(60, 63%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 63.3%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.58, -17.24, 67.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.58, 69.47, 104.37°)
OKLab	oklab(88.7% -0.0532 0.1522)
OKLCH	oklch(88.7% 0.161 109.3)
XYZ	xyz(60.1237, 71.1877, 18.7554)
Luminance	0.7119 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2E253 #5353E2

analogous

#E29A53 #E2E253 #9AE253

triadic

#E2E253 #53E2E2 #E253E2

tetradic

#E2E253 #53E29A #5353E2 #E2539A

square

#E2E253 #53E29A #5353E2 #E2539A

split-complementary

#E2E253 #539AE2 #9A53E2

monochromatic

#A0A01B #D4D424 #E2E253 #EBEB87 #F4F4BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.38

#E2E253 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.24

#E2E253 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2E253

15.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2E253	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2E253	1.00	1.38	15.24	15.24
#FFFFFF	1.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F3D940

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5DE5C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F1D4C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DBDBDB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2e253;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 226, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.7% 0.161 109.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eeea8a',
    500: '#e2e253',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2e253;
$custom-light: #eeea8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2e253",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 71.144,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88696,
    "c": 0.16127,
    "h": 109.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.71186
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2E253

secondary

#3737A3

accent

#12D312

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2E253

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

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