#E2E956#E2E956

#E2E956 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.751; OKLCH L 90.2% C 0.166 H 111.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2E956
RGB	rgb(226, 233, 86)
HSL	hsl(63, 77%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(63, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(3%, 0%, 63.1%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.45, -20.46, 68.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.45, 71.08, 106.73°)
OKLab	oklab(90.2% -0.062 0.1543)
OKLCH	oklch(90.2% 0.166 111.9)
XYZ	xyz(62.1844, 75.1199, 20.0261)
Luminance	0.7512 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2E956 #5D56E9

analogous

#E9A656 #E2E956 #99E956

triadic

#E2E956 #56E2E9 #E956E2

tetradic

#E2E956 #56E9A6 #5D56E9 #E95699

square

#E2E956 #56E9A6 #5D56E9 #E95699

split-complementary

#E2E956 #5699E9 #A656E9

monochromatic

#A7AE17 #D9E220 #E2E956 #EBF08C #F5F7C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.31

#E2E956 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.02

#E2E956 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2E956

16.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2E956	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2E956	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)

#FADF43

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FAE360

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F1DCCB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E1E1E1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2e956;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 233, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.2% 0.166 111.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eeef8c',
    500: '#e2e956',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2e956;
$custom-light: #eeef8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2e956",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.857,
    "s": 76.963,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90199,
    "c": 0.16628,
    "h": 111.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.75118
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2E956

secondary

#3A34AF

accent

#0CD916

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FEFEF4

border

#D6D6CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2E956

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

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