#E2E556#E2E556

#E2E556 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.729; OKLCH L 89.4% C 0.162 H 110.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2E556
RGB	rgb(226, 229, 86)
HSL	hsl(61, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(61, 62%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.3%, 0%, 62.4%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.39, -18.52, 66.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.39, 69.47, 105.46°)
OKLab	oklab(89.35% -0.0566 0.1519)
OKLCH	oklch(89.35% 0.162 110.4)
XYZ	xyz(61.0649, 72.8808, 19.6530)
Luminance	0.7288 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2E556 #5956E5

analogous

#E5A156 #E2E556 #9BE556

triadic

#E2E556 #56E2E5 #E556E2

tetradic

#E2E556 #56E5A1 #5956E5 #E5569B

square

#E2E556 #56E5A1 #5956E5 #E5569B

split-complementary

#E2E556 #569BE5 #A156E5

monochromatic

#A4A71A #D8DC22 #E2E556 #EBED8B #F4F5C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.35

#E2E556 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.58

#E2E556 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2E556

15.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2E556	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2E556	1.00	1.35	15.58	15.58
#FFFFFF	1.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F6DC44

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F7E05F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F1D8C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2e556;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 229, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.4% 0.162 110.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eeed8c',
    500: '#e2e556',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2e556;
$custom-light: #eeed8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2e556",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.259,
    "s": 73.333,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89354,
    "c": 0.16212,
    "h": 110.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.72879
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2E556

secondary

#3936A9

accent

#10D514

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2E556

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

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