#E2E955#E2E955

#E2E955 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.751; OKLCH L 90.2% C 0.167 H 111.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2E955
RGB	rgb(226, 233, 85)
HSL	hsl(63, 77%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(63, 64%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(3%, 0%, 63.5%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.44, -20.52, 68.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.44, 71.47, 106.69°)
OKLab	oklab(90.19% -0.0623 0.155)
OKLCH	oklch(90.19% 0.167 111.9)
XYZ	xyz(62.1444, 75.1039, 19.8154)
Luminance	0.7510 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2E955 #5C55E9

analogous

#E9A655 #E2E955 #98E955

triadic

#E2E955 #55E2E9 #E955E2

tetradic

#E2E955 #55E9A6 #5C55E9 #E95598

square

#E2E955 #55E9A6 #5C55E9 #E95598

split-complementary

#E2E955 #5598E9 #A655E9

monochromatic

#A6AD16 #D9E21F #E2E955 #EBF08B #F4F7C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.31

#E2E955 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.02

#E2E955 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2E955

16.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2E955	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2E955	1.00	1.31	16.02	16.02
#FFFFFF	1.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FADF41

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FAE35F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F1DCCB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E1E1E1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2e955;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 233, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.2% 0.167 111.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eeef8c',
    500: '#e2e955',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2e955;
$custom-light: #eeef8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2e955",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.838,
    "s": 77.083,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90191,
    "c": 0.167,
    "h": 111.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.75102
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2E955

secondary

#3A34AE

accent

#0CD916

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FEFEF4

border

#D6D6CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2E955

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

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