#E2E561#E2E561

#E2E561 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.731; OKLCH L 89.5% C 0.153 H 110.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2E561
RGB	rgb(226, 229, 97)
HSL	hsl(61, 72%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(61, 58%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.3%, 0%, 57.6%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.48, -17.79, 62.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.48, 64.97, 105.89°)
OKLab	oklab(89.46% -0.0534 0.1439)
OKLCH	oklch(89.46% 0.153 110.3)
XYZ	xyz(61.5427, 73.0719, 22.1693)
Luminance	0.7307 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2E561 #6461E5

analogous

#E5A661 #E2E561 #A0E561

triadic

#E2E561 #61E2E5 #E561E2

tetradic

#E2E561 #61E5A6 #6461E5 #E561A0

square

#E2E561 #61E5A6 #6461E5 #E561A0

split-complementary

#E2E561 #61A0E5 #A661E5

monochromatic

#ACAF1D #D8DC2C #E2E561 #ECEE96 #F5F6CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.34

#E2E561 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.61

#E2E561 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2E561

15.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2E561	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2E561	1.00	1.34	15.61	15.61
#FFFFFF	1.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F5DC52

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F7E069

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F0D8C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2e561;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 229, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.5% 0.153 110.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eeed93',
    500: '#e2e561',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2e561;
$custom-light: #eeed93;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2e561",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.364,
    "s": 71.739,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89456,
    "c": 0.15349,
    "h": 110.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.7307
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2E561

secondary

#3D3AB0

accent

#12D416

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2E561

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

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