#E2E856#E2E856

#E2E856 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.746; OKLCH L 90.0% C 0.165 H 111.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2E856
RGB	rgb(226, 232, 86)
HSL	hsl(62, 76%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(62, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.6%, 0%, 62.9%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.18, -19.98, 67.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.18, 70.67, 106.42°)
OKLab	oklab(89.99% -0.0607 0.1537)
OKLCH	oklch(89.99% 0.165 111.5)
XYZ	xyz(61.9021, 74.5553, 19.9320)
Luminance	0.7455 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2E856 #5C56E8

analogous

#E8A556 #E2E856 #99E856

triadic

#E2E856 #56E2E8 #E856E2

tetradic

#E2E856 #56E8A5 #5C56E8 #E85699

square

#E2E856 #56E8A5 #5C56E8 #E85699

split-complementary

#E2E856 #5699E8 #A556E8

monochromatic

#A6AC17 #D9E120 #E2E856 #EBEF8C #F4F7C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.32

#E2E856 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.91

#E2E856 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2E856

15.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2E856	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2E856	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)

#F9DE43

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FAE260

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F1DBCA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E0E0E0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2e856;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 232, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.0% 0.165 111.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eeef8c',
    500: '#e2e856',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2e856;
$custom-light: #eeef8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2e856",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.466,
    "s": 76.042,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89988,
    "c": 0.16523,
    "h": 111.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.74554
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2E856

secondary

#3A35AD

accent

#0DD816

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FEFEF4

border

#D6D6CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2E856

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

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