#E2E491#E2E491

#E2E491 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.737; OKLCH L 89.9% C 0.105 H 109.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2E491
RGB	rgb(226, 228, 145)
HSL	hsl(61, 61%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(61, 36%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.9%, 0%, 36.4%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.78, -12.90, 40.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.78, 42.32, 107.74°)
OKLab	oklab(89.88% -0.035 0.0988)
OKLCH	oklch(89.88% 0.105 109.5)
XYZ	xyz(64.2189, 73.7010, 37.6253)
Luminance	0.7370 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2E491 #9391E4

analogous

#E4BC91 #E2E491 #B8E491

triadic

#E2E491 #91E2E4 #E491E2

tetradic

#E2E491 #91E4BC #9391E4 #E491B8

square

#E2E491 #91E4BC #9391E4 #E491B8

split-complementary

#E2E491 #91B8E4 #BC91E4

monochromatic

#C6C931 #D5D860 #E2E491 #EFF0C2 #F9F9E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.33

#E2E491 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.74

#E2E491 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2E491

15.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2E491	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2E491	1.00	1.33	15.74	15.74
#FFFFFF	1.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F0DD8B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F1E095

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDDACF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2e491;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 228, 145);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.9% 0.105 109.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ececb2',
    500: '#e2e491',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2e491;
$custom-light: #ececb2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2e491",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 145
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.446,
    "s": 60.584,
    "l": 73.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89876,
    "c": 0.10488,
    "h": 109.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.737
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2E491

secondary

#5E5CBD

accent

#1DC821

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFDF8

border

#D6D5D1

text

#161611

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2E491

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →