#E2E255#E2E255

#E2E255 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.712; OKLCH L 88.7% C 0.160 H 109.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2E255
RGB	rgb(226, 226, 85)
HSL	hsl(60, 71%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(60, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 62.4%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.59, -17.12, 66.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.59, 68.68, 104.43°)
OKLab	oklab(88.71% -0.0527 0.1509)
OKLCH	oklch(88.71% 0.16 109.3)
XYZ	xyz(60.2020, 71.2190, 19.1680)
Luminance	0.7122 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2E255 #5555E2

analogous

#E29B55 #E2E255 #9BE255

triadic

#E2E255 #55E2E2 #E255E2

tetradic

#E2E255 #55E29B #5555E2 #E2559B

square

#E2E255 #55E29B #5555E2 #E2559B

split-complementary

#E2E255 #559BE2 #9B55E2

monochromatic

#A1A11B #D5D524 #E2E255 #EBEB89 #F4F4BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.38

#E2E255 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.24

#E2E255 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2E255

15.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2E255	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2E255	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)

#F3D943

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5DE5E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F1D4C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DCDCDC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2e255;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 226, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.7% 0.160 109.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eeea8b',
    500: '#e2e255',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2e255;
$custom-light: #eeea8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2e255",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 70.854,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88713,
    "c": 0.15979,
    "h": 109.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.71217
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2E255

secondary

#3737A4

accent

#13D313

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2E255

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

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