#E2E756#E2E756
#E2E756 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.740; OKLCH L 89.8% C 0.164 H 111.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E2E756 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(226, 231, 86) |
| HSL | hsl(62, 75%, 62%) |
| HSV | hsv(62, 63%, 91%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(2.2%, 0%, 62.8%, 9.4%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(88.92, -19.49, 67.51) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(88.92, 70.27, 106.10°) |
| OKLab | oklab(89.78% -0.0593 0.1531) |
| OKLCH | oklch(89.78% 0.164 111.2) |
| XYZ | xyz(61.6215, 73.9940, 19.8385) |
| Luminance | 0.7399 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Sickly Yellow
#D0E429
ΔE00 3.97
Off Yellow
#F1F33F
ΔE00 4.02
Yellowish
#FAEE66
ΔE00 4.51
Straw
#FCF679
ΔE00 4.83
Butter Yellow
#FFFD74
ΔE00 5.21
Pastel Yellow
#FFFE71
ΔE00 5.25
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E2E756 #5B56E7
analogous
#E7A456 #E2E756 #9AE756
triadic
#E2E756 #56E2E7 #E756E2
tetradic
#E2E756 #56E7A4 #5B56E7 #E7569A
square
#E2E756 #56E7A4 #5B56E7 #E7569A
split-complementary
#E2E756 #569AE7 #A456E7
monochromatic
#A5AA18 #D9DF20 #E2E756 #EBEF8C #F4F6C1
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.33
#E2E756 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
15.80
#E2E756 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E2E756
15.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E2E756 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E2E756 | 1.00 | 1.33 | 15.80 | 15.80 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.33 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 15.80 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 15.80 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#F8DD43
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#F9E15F
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F1DAC9
Achromatopsia (no color)
#DFDFDF
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e2e756; /* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 231, 86); /* oklch */ color: oklch(89.8% 0.164 111.2);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#eeee8c',
500: '#e2e756',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e2e756; $custom-light: #eeee8c; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e2e756",
"rgb": {
"r": 226,
"g": 231,
"b": 86
},
"hsl": {
"h": 62.069,
"s": 75.13,
"l": 62.157
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.89776,
"c": 0.16418,
"h": 111.2
},
"luminance": 0.73992
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E2E756
secondary
#3935AC
accent
#0ED715
background
#FFFEFC
surface
#FEFDF4
border
#D6D5CE
text
#17160D
muted
#85847F