#E2E659#E2E659

#E2E659 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.735; OKLCH L 89.6% C 0.161 H 110.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2E659
RGB	rgb(226, 230, 89)
HSL	hsl(62, 74%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(62, 61%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.7%, 0%, 61.3%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.68, -18.82, 66.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.68, 68.68, 105.90°)
OKLab	oklab(89.59% -0.0571 0.1504)
OKLCH	oklch(89.59% 0.161 110.8)
XYZ	xyz(61.4658, 73.4852, 20.3954)
Luminance	0.7348 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2E659 #5D59E6

analogous

#E6A359 #E2E659 #9CE659

triadic

#E2E659 #59E2E6 #E659E2

tetradic

#E2E659 #59E6A3 #5D59E6 #E6599C

square

#E2E659 #59E6A3 #5D59E6 #E6599C

split-complementary

#E2E659 #599CE6 #A359E6

monochromatic

#A7AB1A #D9DE24 #E2E659 #EBEE8E #F5F6C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.34

#E2E659 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.70

#E2E659 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2E659

15.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2E659	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2E659	1.00	1.34	15.70	15.70
#FFFFFF	1.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F7DC48

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F8E162

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F1D9C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2e659;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 230, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.6% 0.161 110.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eeed8e',
    500: '#e2e659',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2e659;
$custom-light: #eeed8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2e659",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 230,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.702,
    "s": 73.822,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89591,
    "c": 0.16089,
    "h": 110.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.73484
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2E659

secondary

#3A37AC

accent

#10D615

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2E659

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

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