#E2E462#E2E462

#E2E462 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.725; OKLCH L 89.3% C 0.152 H 109.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2E462
RGB	rgb(226, 228, 98)
HSL	hsl(61, 71%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(61, 57%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.9%, 0%, 57%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.23, -17.23, 61.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.23, 64.13, 105.59°)
OKLab	oklab(89.26% -0.0517 0.1425)
OKLCH	oklch(89.26% 0.152 109.9)
XYZ	xyz(61.3137, 72.5389, 22.3245)
Luminance	0.7254 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2E462 #6462E4

analogous

#E4A562 #E2E462 #A1E462

triadic

#E2E462 #62E2E4 #E462E2

tetradic

#E2E462 #62E4A5 #6462E4 #E462A1

square

#E2E462 #62E4A5 #6462E4 #E462A1

split-complementary

#E2E462 #62A1E4 #A562E4

monochromatic

#ACAE1E #D8DB2E #E2E462 #ECED96 #F5F6CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.35

#E2E462 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.51

#E2E462 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2E462

15.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2E462	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2E462	1.00	1.35	15.51	15.51
#FFFFFF	1.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4DB54

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6DF69

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F0D7C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2e462;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 228, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.3% 0.152 109.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eeec93',
    500: '#e2e462',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2e462;
$custom-light: #eeec93;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2e462",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.923,
    "s": 70.652,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89255,
    "c": 0.15159,
    "h": 109.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.72537
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2E462

secondary

#3D3BAF

accent

#13D316

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2E462

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

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