#E2E761#E2E761
#E2E761 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.742; OKLCH L 89.9% C 0.156 H 111.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E2E761 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(226, 231, 97) |
| HSL | hsl(62, 74%, 64%) |
| HSV | hsv(62, 58%, 91%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(2.2%, 0%, 58%, 9.4%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(89.01, -18.77, 63.06) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(89.01, 65.80, 106.57°) |
| OKLab | oklab(89.88% -0.0561 0.1452) |
| OKLCH | oklch(89.88% 0.156 111.1) |
| XYZ | xyz(62.0992, 74.1851, 22.3548) |
| Luminance | 0.7418 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Straw
#FCF679
ΔE00 4.51
Yellowish
#FAEE66
ΔE00 4.60
Sickly Yellow
#D0E429
ΔE00 4.75
Off Yellow
#F1F33F
ΔE00 4.91
Yellowish Tan
#FCFC81
ΔE00 4.98
Custard
#FFFD78
ΔE00 5.15
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E2E761 #6661E7
analogous
#E7A961 #E2E761 #9FE761
triadic
#E2E761 #61E2E7 #E761E2
tetradic
#E2E761 #61E7A9 #6661E7 #E7619F
square
#E2E761 #61E7A9 #6661E7 #E7619F
split-complementary
#E2E761 #619FE7 #A961E7
monochromatic
#ADB21B #D8DF2C #E2E761 #ECEF96 #F6F7CB
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.33
#E2E761 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
15.84
#E2E761 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E2E761
15.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E2E761 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E2E761 | 1.00 | 1.33 | 15.84 | 15.84 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.33 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 15.84 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 15.84 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#F7DE52
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#F8E169
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F0DACA
Achromatopsia (no color)
#E0E0E0
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e2e761; /* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 231, 97); /* oklch */ color: oklch(89.9% 0.156 111.1);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#eeee93',
500: '#e2e761',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e2e761; $custom-light: #eeee93; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e2e761",
"rgb": {
"r": 226,
"g": 231,
"b": 97
},
"hsl": {
"h": 62.239,
"s": 73.626,
"l": 64.314
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.89877,
"c": 0.15562,
"h": 111.1
},
"luminance": 0.74184
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E2E761
secondary
#3E39B3
accent
#10D617
background
#FFFEFC
surface
#FEFDF4
border
#D6D5CE
text
#17160D
muted
#85847F