#E2E461#E2E461

#E2E461 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.725; OKLCH L 89.2% C 0.152 H 109.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2E461
RGB	rgb(226, 228, 97)
HSL	hsl(61, 71%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(61, 57%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.9%, 0%, 57.5%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.22, -17.30, 62.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.22, 64.55, 105.55°)
OKLab	oklab(89.24% -0.052 0.1433)
OKLCH	oklch(89.24% 0.152 109.9)
XYZ	xyz(61.2668, 72.5202, 22.0774)
Luminance	0.7252 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2E461 #6361E4

analogous

#E4A461 #E2E461 #A0E461

triadic

#E2E461 #61E2E4 #E461E2

tetradic

#E2E461 #61E4A4 #6361E4 #E461A0

square

#E2E461 #61E4A4 #6361E4 #E461A0

split-complementary

#E2E461 #61A0E4 #A461E4

monochromatic

#ABAD1E #D8DB2D #E2E461 #ECED95 #F5F6CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.35

#E2E461 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.50

#E2E461 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2E461

15.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2E461	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2E461	1.00	1.35	15.50	15.50
#FFFFFF	1.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4DB53

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6DF69

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F0D7C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2e461;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 228, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.2% 0.152 109.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eeec93',
    500: '#e2e461',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2e461;
$custom-light: #eeec93;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2e461",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.916,
    "s": 70.811,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89245,
    "c": 0.15242,
    "h": 109.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.72519
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2E461

secondary

#3D3BAE

accent

#13D316

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2E461

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

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