#E2E851#E2E851

#E2E851 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.745; OKLCH L 89.9% C 0.169 H 111.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2E851
RGB	rgb(226, 232, 81)
HSL	hsl(62, 77%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(62, 65%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.6%, 0%, 65.1%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.15, -20.27, 69.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.15, 72.60, 106.22°)
OKLab	oklab(89.95% -0.062 0.157)
OKLCH	oklch(89.95% 0.169 111.5)
XYZ	xyz(61.7077, 74.4775, 18.9080)
Luminance	0.7448 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2E851 #5751E8

analogous

#E8A351 #E2E851 #97E851

triadic

#E2E851 #51E2E8 #E851E2

tetradic

#E2E851 #51E8A3 #5751E8 #E85197

square

#E2E851 #51E8A3 #5751E8 #E85197

split-complementary

#E2E851 #5197E8 #A351E8

monochromatic

#A3A816 #D7DE1D #E2E851 #EBEF87 #F4F6BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.32

#E2E851 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.90

#E2E851 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2E851

15.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2E851	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2E851	1.00	1.32	15.90	15.90
#FFFFFF	1.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F9DE3C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FAE25B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F1DAC9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E0E0E0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2e851;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 232, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.9% 0.169 111.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eeef89',
    500: '#e2e851',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2e851;
$custom-light: #eeef89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2e851",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.384,
    "s": 76.65,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89947,
    "c": 0.1688,
    "h": 111.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.74476
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2E851

secondary

#3833AA

accent

#0DD915

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FEFEF4

border

#D6D6CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2E851

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

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