#E2E487#E2E487

#E2E487 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.734; OKLCH L 89.7% C 0.116 H 109.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2E487
RGB	rgb(226, 228, 135)
HSL	hsl(61, 63%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(61, 41%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.9%, 0%, 40.8%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.64, -13.98, 45.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.64, 47.19, 107.23°)
OKLab	oklab(89.72% -0.0389 0.1092)
OKLCH	oklch(89.72% 0.116 109.6)
XYZ	xyz(63.4815, 73.4061, 33.7416)
Luminance	0.7340 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2E487 #8987E4

analogous

#E4B787 #E2E487 #B3E487

triadic

#E2E487 #87E2E4 #E487E2

tetradic

#E2E487 #87E4B7 #8987E4 #E487B3

square

#E2E487 #87E4B7 #8987E4 #E487B3

split-complementary

#E2E487 #87B3E4 #B787E4

monochromatic

#C1C42C #D6D955 #E2E487 #EEEFB9 #F9F9E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.34

#E2E487 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.68

#E2E487 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2E487

15.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2E487	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2E487	1.00	1.34	15.68	15.68
#FFFFFF	1.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F1DD80

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F2E08B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEDACD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2e487;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 228, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.7% 0.116 109.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ececab',
    500: '#e2e487',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2e487;
$custom-light: #ececab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2e487",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.29,
    "s": 63.265,
    "l": 71.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89719,
    "c": 0.11591,
    "h": 109.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.73405
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2E487

secondary

#5553BC

accent

#1ACB1E

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFDF7

border

#D6D5D0

text

#161610

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2E487

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

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