#E2E261#E2E261

#E2E261 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.714; OKLCH L 88.8% C 0.150 H 109.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2E261
RGB	rgb(226, 226, 97)
HSL	hsl(60, 69%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(60, 57%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 57.1%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.69, -16.32, 61.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.69, 63.73, 104.84°)
OKLab	oklab(88.83% -0.0492 0.142)
OKLCH	oklch(88.83% 0.15 109.1)
XYZ	xyz(60.7198, 71.4261, 21.8950)
Luminance	0.7143 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2E261 #6161E2

analogous

#E2A161 #E2E261 #A1E261

triadic

#E2E261 #61E2E2 #E261E2

tetradic

#E2E261 #61E2A1 #6161E2 #E261A1

square

#E2E261 #61E2A1 #6161E2 #E261A1

split-complementary

#E2E261 #61A1E2 #A161E2

monochromatic

#A9A91F #D9D92D #E2E261 #EBEB95 #F5F5C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.37

#E2E261 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.29

#E2E261 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2E261

15.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2E261	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2E261	1.00	1.37	15.29	15.29
#FFFFFF	1.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F2D953

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F4DE68

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F0D5C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DCDCDC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2e261;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 226, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.8% 0.150 109.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eeea92',
    500: '#e2e261',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2e261;
$custom-light: #eeea92;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2e261",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 68.984,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88825,
    "c": 0.15032,
    "h": 109.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.71425
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2E261

secondary

#3C3CAB

accent

#15D115

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2E261

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

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