#E2E490#E2E490

#E2E490 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.737; OKLCH L 89.9% C 0.106 H 109.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2E490
RGB	rgb(226, 228, 144)
HSL	hsl(61, 61%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(61, 37%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.9%, 0%, 36.8%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.77, -13.01, 40.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.77, 42.81, 107.69°)
OKLab	oklab(89.86% -0.0354 0.0999)
OKLCH	oklch(89.86% 0.106 109.5)
XYZ	xyz(64.1422, 73.6703, 37.2210)
Luminance	0.7367 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2E490 #9290E4

analogous

#E4BC90 #E2E490 #B8E490

triadic

#E2E490 #90E2E4 #E490E2

tetradic

#E2E490 #90E4BC #9290E4 #E490B8

square

#E2E490 #90E4BC #9290E4 #E490B8

split-complementary

#E2E490 #90B8E4 #BC90E4

monochromatic

#C5C931 #D5D85F #E2E490 #EFF0C1 #F9F9E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.33

#E2E490 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.73

#E2E490 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2E490

15.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2E490	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2E490	1.00	1.33	15.73	15.73
#FFFFFF	1.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F0DD8A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F1E094

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDDACF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2e490;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 228, 144);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.9% 0.106 109.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ececb1',
    500: '#e2e490',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2e490;
$custom-light: #ececb1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2e490",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 144
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.429,
    "s": 60.87,
    "l": 72.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89859,
    "c": 0.10601,
    "h": 109.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.73669
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2E490

secondary

#5D5BBD

accent

#1DC921

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFDF8

border

#D6D5D1

text

#161611

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2E490

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

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