#E2E551#E2E551

#E2E551 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.728; OKLCH L 89.3% C 0.166 H 110.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2E551
RGB	rgb(226, 229, 81)
HSL	hsl(61, 74%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(61, 65%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.3%, 0%, 64.6%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.35, -18.82, 68.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.35, 71.41, 105.28°)
OKLab	oklab(89.31% -0.0579 0.1553)
OKLCH	oklch(89.31% 0.166 110.5)
XYZ	xyz(60.8704, 72.8030, 18.6289)
Luminance	0.7280 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2E551 #5451E5

analogous

#E59E51 #E2E551 #98E551

triadic

#E2E551 #51E2E5 #E551E2

tetradic

#E2E551 #51E59E #5451E5 #E55198

square

#E2E551 #51E59E #5451E5 #E55198

split-complementary

#E2E551 #5198E5 #9E51E5

monochromatic

#A0A318 #D5D820 #E2E551 #EBED86 #F4F5BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.35

#E2E551 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.56

#E2E551 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2E551

15.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2E551	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2E551	1.00	1.35	15.56	15.56
#FFFFFF	1.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F6DB3C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F8E05B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F1D7C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2e551;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 229, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.3% 0.166 110.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eeed89',
    500: '#e2e551',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2e551;
$custom-light: #eeed89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2e551",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.216,
    "s": 74,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89312,
    "c": 0.16572,
    "h": 110.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.72801
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2E551

secondary

#3735A6

accent

#0FD613

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2E551

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

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