#E2E489#E2E489

#E2E489 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.735; OKLCH L 89.7% C 0.114 H 109.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2E489
RGB	rgb(226, 228, 137)
HSL	hsl(61, 63%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(61, 40%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.9%, 0%, 39.9%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.67, -13.77, 44.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.67, 46.23, 107.33°)
OKLab	oklab(89.75% -0.0381 0.1072)
OKLCH	oklch(89.75% 0.114 109.6)
XYZ	xyz(63.6237, 73.4629, 34.4902)
Luminance	0.7346 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2E489 #8B89E4

analogous

#E4B989 #E2E489 #B5E489

triadic

#E2E489 #89E2E4 #E489E2

tetradic

#E2E489 #89E4B9 #8B89E4 #E489B5

square

#E2E489 #89E4B9 #8B89E4 #E489B5

split-complementary

#E2E489 #89B5E4 #B989E4

monochromatic

#C2C52D #D6D957 #E2E489 #EEEFBB #F9F9E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.34

#E2E489 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.69

#E2E489 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2E489

15.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2E489	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2E489	1.00	1.34	15.69	15.69
#FFFFFF	1.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F1DD82

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F2E08D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDDACE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2e489;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 228, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.7% 0.114 109.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ececad',
    500: '#e2e489',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2e489;
$custom-light: #ececad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2e489",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.319,
    "s": 62.759,
    "l": 71.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89749,
    "c": 0.11375,
    "h": 109.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.73462
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2E489

secondary

#5755BD

accent

#1BCB1F

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFDF7

border

#D6D5D0

text

#161610

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2E489

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

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