#E2E957#E2E957

#E2E957 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 16.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2E957
RGB	rgb(226, 233, 87)
HSL	hsl(63, 77%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(63, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(3%, 0%, 62.7%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.46, -20.40, 67.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.46, 70.69, 106.77°)
OKLab	oklab(90.21% -0.0617 0.1536)
OKLCH	oklch(90.21% 0.166 111.9)
XYZ	xyz(62.2250, 75.1361, 20.2398)
Luminance	0.7513 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2E957 #5E57E9

analogous

#E9A757 #E2E957 #99E957

triadic

#E2E957 #57E2E9 #E957E2

tetradic

#E2E957 #57E9A7 #5E57E9 #E95799

square

#E2E957 #57E9A7 #5E57E9 #E95799

split-complementary

#E2E957 #5799E9 #A757E9

monochromatic

#A7AF17 #D9E221 #E2E957 #EBF08D #F5F7C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.31

#E2E957 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.03

#E2E957 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2E957

16.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2E957	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2E957	1.00	1.31	16.03	16.03
#FFFFFF	1.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FADF44

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FAE361

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F0DCCB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E1E1E1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2e957;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 233, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.2% 0.166 111.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eeef8d',
    500: '#e2e957',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2e957;
$custom-light: #eeef8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2e957",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.877,
    "s": 76.842,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90208,
    "c": 0.16555,
    "h": 111.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.75135
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2E957

secondary

#3B35AF

accent

#0CD916

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FEFEF4

border

#D6D6CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2E957

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

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