#E2E359#E2E359

#E2E359 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.718; OKLCH L 89.0% C 0.158 H 109.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2E359
RGB	rgb(226, 227, 89)
HSL	hsl(60, 71%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(60, 61%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.4%, 0%, 60.8%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.89, -17.35, 65.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.89, 67.47, 104.90°)
OKLab	oklab(88.96% -0.053 0.1486)
OKLCH	oklch(88.96% 0.158 109.6)
XYZ	xyz(60.6381, 71.8298, 20.1196)
Luminance	0.7183 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2E359 #5A59E3

analogous

#E39F59 #E2E359 #9DE359

triadic

#E2E359 #59E2E3 #E359E2

tetradic

#E2E359 #59E39F #5A59E3 #E3599D

square

#E2E359 #59E39F #5A59E3 #E3599D

split-complementary

#E2E359 #599DE3 #9F59E3

monochromatic

#A5A61C #D9DA25 #E2E359 #EBEC8D #F4F5C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.37

#E2E359 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.37

#E2E359 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2E359

15.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2E359	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2E359	1.00	1.37	15.37	15.37
#FFFFFF	1.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4DA48

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6DF61

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F1D6C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DCDCDC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2e359;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 227, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.0% 0.158 109.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eeeb8e',
    500: '#e2e359',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2e359;
$custom-light: #eeeb8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2e359",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 227,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.435,
    "s": 71.134,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88959,
    "c": 0.15778,
    "h": 109.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.71828
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2E359

secondary

#3938A8

accent

#12D314

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2E359

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

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