#E2E456#E2E456

#E2E456 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.723; OKLCH L 89.1% C 0.161 H 110.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2E456
RGB	rgb(226, 228, 86)
HSL	hsl(61, 72%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(61, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.9%, 0%, 62.3%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.13, -18.03, 66.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.13, 69.07, 105.13°)
OKLab	oklab(89.14% -0.0552 0.1513)
OKLCH	oklch(89.14% 0.161 110)
XYZ	xyz(60.7890, 72.3290, 19.5610)
Luminance	0.7233 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2E456 #5856E4

analogous

#E49F56 #E2E456 #9BE456

triadic

#E2E456 #56E2E4 #E456E2

tetradic

#E2E456 #56E49F #5856E4 #E4569B

square

#E2E456 #56E49F #5856E4 #E4569B

split-complementary

#E2E456 #569BE4 #9F56E4

monochromatic

#A3A51A #D7DA23 #E2E456 #EBEC8B #F4F5C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.36

#E2E456 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.47

#E2E456 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2E456

15.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2E456	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2E456	1.00	1.36	15.47	15.47
#FFFFFF	1.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F5DB44

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F7DF5F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F1D7C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2e456;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 228, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.1% 0.161 110.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eeec8c',
    500: '#e2e456',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2e456;
$custom-light: #eeec8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2e456",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.845,
    "s": 72.449,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89143,
    "c": 0.16109,
    "h": 110
  },
  "luminance": 0.72327
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2E456

secondary

#3837A7

accent

#11D514

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2E456

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

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