#E2E457#E2E457

#E2E457 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.723; OKLCH L 89.2% C 0.160 H 110.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2E457
RGB	rgb(226, 228, 87)
HSL	hsl(61, 72%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(61, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.9%, 0%, 61.8%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.13, -17.97, 66.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.13, 68.67, 105.17°)
OKLab	oklab(89.15% -0.0549 0.1506)
OKLCH	oklch(89.15% 0.16 110)
XYZ	xyz(60.8296, 72.3453, 19.7747)
Luminance	0.7234 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2E457 #5957E4

analogous

#E4A057 #E2E457 #9CE457

triadic

#E2E457 #57E2E4 #E457E2

tetradic

#E2E457 #57E4A0 #5957E4 #E4579C

square

#E2E457 #57E4A0 #5957E4 #E4579C

split-complementary

#E2E457 #579CE4 #A057E4

monochromatic

#A4A61B #D8DB23 #E2E457 #EBEC8C #F4F5C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.36

#E2E457 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.47

#E2E457 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2E457

15.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2E457	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2E457	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)

#F5DB45

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6DF60

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F1D7C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2e457;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 228, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.2% 0.160 110.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eeec8d',
    500: '#e2e457',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2e457;
$custom-light: #eeec8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2e457",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.851,
    "s": 72.308,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89151,
    "c": 0.16034,
    "h": 110
  },
  "luminance": 0.72344
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2E457

secondary

#3937A8

accent

#11D414

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2E457

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

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