#E2E357#E2E357

#E2E357 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.718; OKLCH L 88.9% C 0.159 H 109.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2E357
RGB	rgb(226, 227, 87)
HSL	hsl(60, 71%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(60, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.4%, 0%, 61.7%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.87, -17.48, 66.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.87, 68.28, 104.83°)
OKLab	oklab(88.94% -0.0535 0.1501)
OKLCH	oklch(88.94% 0.159 109.6)
XYZ	xyz(60.5553, 71.7967, 19.6832)
Luminance	0.7179 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2E357 #5857E3

analogous

#E39E57 #E2E357 #9CE357

triadic

#E2E357 #57E2E3 #E357E2

tetradic

#E2E357 #57E39E #5857E3 #E3579C

square

#E2E357 #57E39E #5857E3 #E3579C

split-complementary

#E2E357 #579CE3 #9E57E3

monochromatic

#A3A41B #D7D924 #E2E357 #EBEC8B #F4F4C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.37

#E2E357 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.36

#E2E357 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2E357

15.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2E357	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2E357	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)

#F4DA45

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6DE60

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F1D6C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DCDCDC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2e357;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 227, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.9% 0.159 109.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eeeb8c',
    500: '#e2e357',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2e357;
$custom-light: #eeeb8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2e357",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 227,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.429,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88941,
    "c": 0.15931,
    "h": 109.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.71795
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2E357

secondary

#3838A7

accent

#12D313

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2E357

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

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