#E2E951#E2E951

#E2E951 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.750; OKLCH L 90.2% C 0.170 H 111.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2E951
RGB	rgb(226, 233, 81)
HSL	hsl(63, 78%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(63, 65%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(3%, 0%, 65.2%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.41, -20.76, 69.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.41, 72.99, 106.52°)
OKLab	oklab(90.16% -0.0633 0.1576)
OKLCH	oklch(90.16% 0.17 111.9)
XYZ	xyz(61.9900, 75.0421, 19.0021)
Luminance	0.7504 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2E951 #5851E9

analogous

#E9A451 #E2E951 #96E951

triadic

#E2E951 #51E2E9 #E951E2

tetradic

#E2E951 #51E9A4 #5851E9 #E95196

square

#E2E951 #51E9A4 #5851E9 #E95196

split-complementary

#E2E951 #5196E9 #A451E9

monochromatic

#A3AA16 #D7E01C #E2E951 #EBF087 #F4F7BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.31

#E2E951 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.01

#E2E951 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2E951

16.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2E951	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2E951	1.00	1.31	16.01	16.01
#FFFFFF	1.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FADF3B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FBE35B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F1DBCA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E1E1E1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2e951;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 233, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.2% 0.170 111.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eeef8a',
    500: '#e2e951',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2e951;
$custom-light: #eeef8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2e951",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.763,
    "s": 77.551,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90158,
    "c": 0.16983,
    "h": 111.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.75041
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2E951

secondary

#3833AB

accent

#0CDA15

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FEFEF4

border

#D6D6CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2E951

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

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