#E2E559#E2E559

#E2E559 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.729; OKLCH L 89.4% C 0.160 H 110.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2E559
RGB	rgb(226, 229, 89)
HSL	hsl(61, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(61, 61%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.3%, 0%, 61.1%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.41, -18.33, 65.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.41, 68.27, 105.58°)
OKLab	oklab(89.38% -0.0557 0.1498)
OKLCH	oklch(89.38% 0.16 110.4)
XYZ	xyz(61.1883, 72.9302, 20.3030)
Luminance	0.7293 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2E559 #5C59E5

analogous

#E5A259 #E2E559 #9CE559

triadic

#E2E559 #59E2E5 #E559E2

tetradic

#E2E559 #59E5A2 #5C59E5 #E5599C

square

#E2E559 #59E5A2 #5C59E5 #E5599C

split-complementary

#E2E559 #599CE5 #A259E5

monochromatic

#A6A91A #D9DD24 #E2E559 #EBED8E #F4F6C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.35

#E2E559 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.59

#E2E559 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2E559

15.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2E559	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2E559	1.00	1.35	15.59	15.59
#FFFFFF	1.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F6DC48

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F7E062

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F1D8C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2e559;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 229, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.4% 0.160 110.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eeed8e',
    500: '#e2e559',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2e559;
$custom-light: #eeed8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2e559",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.286,
    "s": 72.917,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8938,
    "c": 0.15986,
    "h": 110.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.72929
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2E559

secondary

#3A37AB

accent

#10D515

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2E559

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

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