#E2E591#E2E591

#E2E591 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.743; OKLCH L 90.1% C 0.106 H 110.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2E591
RGB	rgb(226, 229, 145)
HSL	hsl(62, 62%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(62, 37%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.3%, 0%, 36.7%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.04, -13.39, 40.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.04, 42.80, 108.24°)
OKLab	oklab(90.08% -0.0365 0.0996)
OKLCH	oklch(90.08% 0.106 110.1)
XYZ	xyz(64.4948, 74.2528, 37.7173)
Luminance	0.7425 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2E591 #9491E5

analogous

#E5BE91 #E2E591 #B8E591

triadic

#E2E591 #91E2E5 #E591E2

tetradic

#E2E591 #91E5BE #9491E5 #E591B8

square

#E2E591 #91E5BE #9491E5 #E591B8

split-complementary

#E2E591 #91B8E5 #BE91E5

monochromatic

#C6CB30 #D5D95F #E2E591 #EFF1C2 #F8F9E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.32

#E2E591 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.85

#E2E591 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2E591

15.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2E591	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2E591	1.00	1.32	15.85	15.85
#FFFFFF	1.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F1DE8B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F2E195

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDDBD0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E0E0E0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2e591;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 229, 145);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.1% 0.106 110.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecedb2',
    500: '#e2e591',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2e591;
$custom-light: #ecedb2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2e591",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 145
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.143,
    "s": 61.765,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90083,
    "c": 0.10608,
    "h": 110.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.74252
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2E591

secondary

#5F5CBE

accent

#1CC922

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFDF8

border

#D6D5D1

text

#161611

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2E591

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

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