#E2E356#E2E356

#E2E356 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.718; OKLCH L 88.9% C 0.160 H 109.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2E356
RGB	rgb(226, 227, 86)
HSL	hsl(60, 72%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(60, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.4%, 0%, 62.1%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.86, -17.54, 66.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.86, 68.68, 104.80°)
OKLab	oklab(88.93% -0.0538 0.1508)
OKLCH	oklch(88.93% 0.16 109.6)
XYZ	xyz(60.5147, 71.7804, 19.4696)
Luminance	0.7178 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2E356 #5756E3

analogous

#E39E56 #E2E356 #9CE356

triadic

#E2E356 #56E2E3 #E356E2

tetradic

#E2E356 #56E39E #5756E3 #E3569C

square

#E2E356 #56E39E #5756E3 #E3569C

split-complementary

#E2E356 #569CE3 #9E56E3

monochromatic

#A3A41B #D7D824 #E2E356 #EBEC8B #F4F4BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.37

#E2E356 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.36

#E2E356 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2E356

15.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2E356	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2E356	1.00	1.37	15.36	15.36
#FFFFFF	1.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4DA44

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6DE5F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F1D6C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DCDCDC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2e356;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 227, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.9% 0.160 109.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eeeb8c',
    500: '#e2e356',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2e356;
$custom-light: #eeeb8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2e356",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 227,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.426,
    "s": 71.574,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88932,
    "c": 0.16007,
    "h": 109.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.71779
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2E356

secondary

#3837A6

accent

#12D413

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2E356

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

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