#E2E859#E2E859

#E2E859 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.746; OKLCH L 90.0% C 0.163 H 111.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2E859
RGB	rgb(226, 232, 89)
HSL	hsl(63, 76%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(63, 62%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.6%, 0%, 61.6%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.21, -19.79, 66.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.21, 69.49, 106.55°)
OKLab	oklab(90.01% -0.0598 0.1516)
OKLCH	oklch(90.01% 0.163 111.5)
XYZ	xyz(62.0256, 74.6047, 20.5820)
Luminance	0.7460 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2E859 #5F59E8

analogous

#E8A659 #E2E859 #9BE859

triadic

#E2E859 #59E2E8 #E859E2

tetradic

#E2E859 #59E8A6 #5F59E8 #E8599B

square

#E2E859 #59E8A6 #5F59E8 #E8599B

split-complementary

#E2E859 #599BE8 #A659E8

monochromatic

#A8AE18 #D9E123 #E2E859 #EBEF8F #F5F7C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.32

#E2E859 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.92

#E2E859 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2E859

15.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2E859	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2E859	1.00	1.32	15.92	15.92
#FFFFFF	1.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F9DE47

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F9E262

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F0DBCA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E0E0E0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2e859;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 232, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.0% 0.163 111.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eeef8e',
    500: '#e2e859',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2e859;
$custom-light: #eeef8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2e859",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.517,
    "s": 75.661,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90014,
    "c": 0.163,
    "h": 111.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.74603
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2E859

secondary

#3B36AF

accent

#0ED816

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FEFEF4

border

#D6D6CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2E859

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

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