#E2E259#E2E259

#E2E259 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.713; OKLCH L 88.7% C 0.157 H 109.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2E259
RGB	rgb(226, 226, 89)
HSL	hsl(60, 70%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(60, 61%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 60.6%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.62, -16.86, 64.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.62, 67.07, 104.56°)
OKLab	oklab(88.75% -0.0516 0.148)
OKLCH	oklch(88.75% 0.157 109.2)
XYZ	xyz(60.3654, 71.2844, 20.0287)
Luminance	0.7128 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2E259 #5959E2

analogous

#E29E59 #E2E259 #9EE259

triadic

#E2E259 #59E2E2 #E259E2

tetradic

#E2E259 #59E29E #5959E2 #E2599E

square

#E2E259 #59E29E #5959E2 #E2599E

split-complementary

#E2E259 #599EE2 #9E59E2

monochromatic

#A4A41D #D8D826 #E2E259 #EBEB8D #F4F4C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.38

#E2E259 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.26

#E2E259 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2E259

15.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2E259	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2E259	1.00	1.38	15.26	15.26
#FFFFFF	1.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F3D948

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5DE61

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F1D5C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DCDCDC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2e259;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 226, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.7% 0.157 109.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eeea8e',
    500: '#e2e259',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2e259;
$custom-light: #eeea8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2e259",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 70.256,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88748,
    "c": 0.15676,
    "h": 109.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.71283
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2E259

secondary

#3939A6

accent

#13D213

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2E259

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

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