#E2E861#E2E861

#E2E861 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.747; OKLCH L 90.1% C 0.157 H 111.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2E861
RGB	rgb(226, 232, 97)
HSL	hsl(63, 75%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(63, 58%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.6%, 0%, 58.2%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.27, -19.25, 63.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.27, 66.22, 106.90°)
OKLab	oklab(90.09% -0.0575 0.1458)
OKLCH	oklch(90.09% 0.157 111.5)
XYZ	xyz(62.3799, 74.7464, 22.4484)
Luminance	0.7474 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2E861 #6761E8

analogous

#E8AB61 #E2E861 #9EE861

triadic

#E2E861 #61E2E8 #E861E2

tetradic

#E2E861 #61E8AB #6761E8 #E8619E

square

#E2E861 #61E8AB #6761E8 #E8619E

split-complementary

#E2E861 #619EE8 #AB61E8

monochromatic

#ADB41A #D8E02C #E2E861 #ECF096 #F6F8CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.32

#E2E861 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.95

#E2E861 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2E861

15.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2E861	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2E861	1.00	1.32	15.95	15.95
#FFFFFF	1.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F8DE52

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F9E269

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F0DBCB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E0E0E0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2e861;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 232, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.1% 0.157 111.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eeef93',
    500: '#e2e861',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2e861;
$custom-light: #eeef93;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2e861",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.667,
    "s": 74.586,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90088,
    "c": 0.15669,
    "h": 111.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.74745
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2E861

secondary

#3E39B5

accent

#0FD718

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FEFEF4

border

#D6D6CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2E861

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

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