#E2E479#E2E479

#E2E479 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.730; OKLCH L 89.5% C 0.130 H 109.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2E479
RGB	rgb(226, 228, 121)
HSL	hsl(61, 66%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(61, 47%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.9%, 0%, 46.9%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.47, -15.35, 51.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.47, 53.83, 106.57°)
OKLab	oklab(89.52% -0.044 0.1228)
OKLCH	oklch(89.52% 0.13 109.7)
XYZ	xyz(62.5599, 73.0374, 28.8875)
Luminance	0.7304 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2E479 #7B79E4

analogous

#E4B079 #E2E479 #ACE479

triadic

#E2E479 #79E2E4 #E479E2

tetradic

#E2E479 #79E4B0 #7B79E4 #E479AC

square

#E2E479 #79E4B0 #7B79E4 #E479AC

split-complementary

#E2E479 #79ACE4 #B079E4

monochromatic

#BABD26 #D7DA46 #E2E479 #EDEEAC #F8F9DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.35

#E2E479 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.61

#E2E479 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2E479

15.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2E479	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2E479	1.00	1.35	15.61	15.61
#FFFFFF	1.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F3DC70

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F4E07E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EFD9CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2e479;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 228, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.5% 0.130 109.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edeca2',
    500: '#e2e479',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2e479;
$custom-light: #edeca2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2e479",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.121,
    "s": 66.46,
    "l": 68.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89522,
    "c": 0.13044,
    "h": 109.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.73036
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2E479

secondary

#4846BB

accent

#17CE1B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#17160F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2E479

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

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