#E2E862#E2E862

#E2E862 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.748; OKLCH L 90.1% C 0.156 H 111.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2E862
RGB	rgb(226, 232, 98)
HSL	hsl(63, 74%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(63, 58%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.6%, 0%, 57.8%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.28, -19.18, 62.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.28, 65.80, 106.95°)
OKLab	oklab(90.1% -0.0572 0.145)
OKLCH	oklch(90.1% 0.156 111.5)
XYZ	xyz(62.4268, 74.7652, 22.6955)
Luminance	0.7476 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2E862 #6862E8

analogous

#E8AB62 #E2E862 #9FE862

triadic

#E2E862 #62E2E8 #E862E2

tetradic

#E2E862 #62E8AB #6862E8 #E8629F

square

#E2E862 #62E8AB #6862E8 #E8629F

split-complementary

#E2E862 #629FE8 #AB62E8

monochromatic

#AEB51B #D8E02D #E2E862 #ECF097 #F6F8CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.32

#E2E862 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.95

#E2E862 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2E862

15.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2E862	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2E862	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)

#F8DE53

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F9E26A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F0DBCB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E0E0E0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2e862;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 232, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.1% 0.156 111.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eeef93',
    500: '#e2e862',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2e862;
$custom-light: #eeef93;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2e862",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.687,
    "s": 74.444,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90098,
    "c": 0.15587,
    "h": 111.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.74764
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2E862

secondary

#3F39B5

accent

#0FD718

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FEFEF4

border

#D6D6CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2E862

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

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