#E2E759#E2E759

#E2E759 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.740; OKLCH L 89.8% C 0.162 H 111.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2E759
RGB	rgb(226, 231, 89)
HSL	hsl(62, 75%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(62, 61%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.2%, 0%, 61.5%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.94, -19.30, 66.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.94, 69.08, 106.23°)
OKLab	oklab(89.8% -0.0585 0.151)
OKLCH	oklch(89.8% 0.162 111.2)
XYZ	xyz(61.7449, 74.0433, 20.4885)
Luminance	0.7404 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2E759 #5E59E7

analogous

#E7A559 #E2E759 #9BE759

triadic

#E2E759 #59E2E7 #E759E2

tetradic

#E2E759 #59E7A5 #5E59E7 #E7599B

square

#E2E759 #59E7A5 #5E59E7 #E7599B

split-complementary

#E2E759 #599BE7 #A559E7

monochromatic

#A7AD19 #D9DF24 #E2E759 #EBEF8E #F5F6C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.33

#E2E759 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.81

#E2E759 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2E759

15.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2E759	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2E759	1.00	1.33	15.81	15.81
#FFFFFF	1.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F8DD47

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F9E162

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F1DAC9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2e759;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 231, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.8% 0.162 111.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eeee8e',
    500: '#e2e759',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2e759;
$custom-light: #eeee8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2e759",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 231,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.113,
    "s": 74.737,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89802,
    "c": 0.16194,
    "h": 111.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.74042
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2E759

secondary

#3B36AE

accent

#0FD716

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2E759

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

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