#E2E55A#E2E55A

#E2E55A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.729; OKLCH L 89.4% C 0.159 H 110.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2E55A
RGB	rgb(226, 229, 90)
HSL	hsl(61, 73%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(61, 61%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.3%, 0%, 60.7%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.42, -18.27, 65.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.42, 67.87, 105.61°)
OKLab	oklab(89.39% -0.0554 0.1491)
OKLCH	oklch(89.39% 0.159 110.4)
XYZ	xyz(61.2306, 72.9471, 20.5256)
Luminance	0.7295 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2E55A #5D5AE5

analogous

#E5A35A #E2E55A #9CE55A

triadic

#E2E55A #5AE2E5 #E55AE2

tetradic

#E2E55A #5AE5A3 #5D5AE5 #E55A9C

square

#E2E55A #5AE5A3 #5D5AE5 #E55A9C

split-complementary

#E2E55A #5A9CE5 #A35AE5

monochromatic

#A7AA1B #D9DD25 #E2E55A #EBED8F #F5F6C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.35

#E2E55A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.59

#E2E55A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2E55A

15.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2E55A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2E55A	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)

#F6DC49

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F7E063

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F1D8C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2e55a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 229, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.4% 0.159 110.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eeed8e',
    500: '#e2e55a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2e55a;
$custom-light: #eeed8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2e55a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.295,
    "s": 72.775,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89389,
    "c": 0.15908,
    "h": 110.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.72946
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2E55A

secondary

#3A38AB

accent

#11D515

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2E55A

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

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