#E2E459#E2E459

#E2E459 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.724; OKLCH L 89.2% C 0.159 H 110.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2E459
RGB	rgb(226, 228, 89)
HSL	hsl(61, 72%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(61, 61%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.9%, 0%, 61%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.15, -17.84, 65.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.15, 67.87, 105.24°)
OKLab	oklab(89.17% -0.0543 0.1492)
OKLCH	oklch(89.17% 0.159 110)
XYZ	xyz(60.9124, 72.3784, 20.2110)
Luminance	0.7238 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2E459 #5B59E4

analogous

#E4A059 #E2E459 #9DE459

triadic

#E2E459 #59E2E4 #E459E2

tetradic

#E2E459 #59E4A0 #5B59E4 #E4599D

square

#E2E459 #59E4A0 #5B59E4 #E4599D

split-complementary

#E2E459 #599DE4 #A059E4

monochromatic

#A5A71B #D9DB24 #E2E459 #EBED8E #F4F5C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.36

#E2E459 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.48

#E2E459 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2E459

15.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2E459	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2E459	1.00	1.36	15.48	15.48
#FFFFFF	1.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F5DB48

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6DF62

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F1D7C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2e459;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 228, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.2% 0.159 110.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eeec8e',
    500: '#e2e459',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2e459;
$custom-light: #eeec8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2e459",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.863,
    "s": 72.021,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89169,
    "c": 0.15882,
    "h": 110
  },
  "luminance": 0.72377
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2E459

secondary

#3938A9

accent

#11D414

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2E459

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

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