#E2E962#E2E962

#E2E962 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.753; OKLCH L 90.3% C 0.157 H 111.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2E962
RGB	rgb(226, 233, 98)
HSL	hsl(63, 75%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(63, 58%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(3%, 0%, 57.9%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.55, -19.67, 63.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.55, 66.22, 107.28°)
OKLab	oklab(90.31% -0.0586 0.1456)
OKLCH	oklch(90.31% 0.157 111.9)
XYZ	xyz(62.7091, 75.3298, 22.7896)
Luminance	0.7533 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2E962 #6962E9

analogous

#E9AC62 #E2E962 #9FE962

triadic

#E2E962 #62E2E9 #E962E2

tetradic

#E2E962 #62E9AC #6962E9 #E9629F

square

#E2E962 #62E9AC #6962E9 #E9629F

split-complementary

#E2E962 #629FE9 #AC62E9

monochromatic

#AFB71A #D8E12C #E2E962 #ECF198 #F6F8CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.31

#E2E962 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.07

#E2E962 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2E962

16.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2E962	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2E962	1.00	1.31	16.07	16.07
#FFFFFF	1.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F9DF53

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FAE36A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F0DCCC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E1E1E1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2e962;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 233, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.3% 0.157 111.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eeef93',
    500: '#e2e962',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2e962;
$custom-light: #eeef93;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2e962",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.111,
    "s": 75.419,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90309,
    "c": 0.15696,
    "h": 111.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.75328
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2E962

secondary

#3F38B7

accent

#0ED818

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FEFEF4

border

#D6D6CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2E962

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

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