#E2E855#E2E855

#E2E855 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.745; OKLCH L 90.0% C 0.166 H 111.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2E855
RGB	rgb(226, 232, 85)
HSL	hsl(62, 76%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(62, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.6%, 0%, 63.4%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.18, -20.04, 68.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.18, 71.06, 106.38°)
OKLab	oklab(89.98% -0.0609 0.1544)
OKLCH	oklch(89.98% 0.166 111.5)
XYZ	xyz(61.8621, 74.5393, 19.7213)
Luminance	0.7454 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2E855 #5B55E8

analogous

#E8A555 #E2E855 #99E855

triadic

#E2E855 #55E2E8 #E855E2

tetradic

#E2E855 #55E8A5 #5B55E8 #E85599

square

#E2E855 #55E8A5 #5B55E8 #E85599

split-complementary

#E2E855 #5599E8 #A555E8

monochromatic

#A5AB17 #D9E11F #E2E855 #EBEF8B #F4F7C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.32

#E2E855 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.91

#E2E855 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2E855

15.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2E855	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2E855	1.00	1.32	15.91	15.91
#FFFFFF	1.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F9DE42

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FAE25F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F1DBCA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E0E0E0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2e855;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 232, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.0% 0.166 111.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eeef8c',
    500: '#e2e855',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2e855;
$custom-light: #eeef8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2e855",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.449,
    "s": 76.166,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89979,
    "c": 0.16596,
    "h": 111.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.74538
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2E855

secondary

#3935AD

accent

#0DD815

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FEFEF4

border

#D6D6CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2E855

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

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