#E2E857#E2E857

#E2E857 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	#E2E857
RGB	rgb(226, 232, 87)
HSL	hsl(62, 76%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(62, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.6%, 0%, 62.5%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.19, -19.92, 67.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.19, 70.28, 106.46°)
OKLab	oklab(90% -0.0604 0.153)
OKLCH	oklch(90% 0.165 111.5)
XYZ	xyz(61.9427, 74.5715, 20.1457)
Luminance	0.7457 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2E857 #5D57E8

analogous

#E8A657 #E2E857 #99E857

triadic

#E2E857 #57E2E8 #E857E2

tetradic

#E2E857 #57E8A6 #5D57E8 #E85799

square

#E2E857 #57E8A6 #5D57E8 #E85799

split-complementary

#E2E857 #5799E8 #A657E8

monochromatic

#A7AD18 #D9E121 #E2E857 #EBEF8D #F5F7C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.32

#E2E857 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.91

#E2E857 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2E857

15.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2E857	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2E857	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)

#F9DE44

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FAE260

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F1DBCA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E0E0E0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2e857;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 232, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.0% 0.165 111.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eeef8d',
    500: '#e2e857',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2e857;
$custom-light: #eeef8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2e857",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.483,
    "s": 75.916,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89996,
    "c": 0.1645,
    "h": 111.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.7457
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2E857

secondary

#3A35AE

accent

#0DD816

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FEFEF4

border

#D6D6CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2E857

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

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