#E2E478#E2E478

#E2E478 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.730; OKLCH L 89.5% C 0.131 H 109.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2E478
RGB	rgb(226, 228, 120)
HSL	hsl(61, 67%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(61, 47%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.9%, 0%, 47.4%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.45, -15.44, 52.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.45, 54.30, 106.52°)
OKLab	oklab(89.51% -0.0444 0.1237)
OKLCH	oklch(89.51% 0.131 109.7)
XYZ	xyz(62.4989, 73.0130, 28.5663)
Luminance	0.7301 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2E478 #7A78E4

analogous

#E4B078 #E2E478 #ACE478

triadic

#E2E478 #78E2E4 #E478E2

tetradic

#E2E478 #78E4B0 #7A78E4 #E478AC

square

#E2E478 #78E4B0 #7A78E4 #E478AC

split-complementary

#E2E478 #78ACE4 #B078E4

monochromatic

#B9BC26 #D7DA45 #E2E478 #EDEEAB #F8F8DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.35

#E2E478 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.60

#E2E478 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2E478

15.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2E478	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2E478	1.00	1.35	15.60	15.60
#FFFFFF	1.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F3DC6E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F4E07D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EFD8CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2e478;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 228, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.5% 0.131 109.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edeca1',
    500: '#e2e478',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2e478;
$custom-light: #edeca1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2e478",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.111,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89509,
    "c": 0.13144,
    "h": 109.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.73012
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2E478

secondary

#4745BB

accent

#17CF1A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#17160F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2E478

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

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