#E2E979#E2E979

#E2E979 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.758; OKLCH L 90.6% C 0.136 H 112.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2E979
RGB	rgb(226, 233, 121)
HSL	hsl(64, 72%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(64, 48%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(3%, 0%, 48.1%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.78, -17.80, 53.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.78, 56.08, 108.51°)
OKLab	oklab(90.57% -0.051 0.1263)
OKLCH	oklch(90.57% 0.136 112)
XYZ	xyz(63.9553, 75.8282, 29.3527)
Luminance	0.7583 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2E979 #8079E9

analogous

#E9B879 #E2E979 #AAE979

triadic

#E2E979 #79E2E9 #E979E2

tetradic

#E2E979 #79E9B8 #8079E9 #E979AA

square

#E2E979 #79E9B8 #8079E9 #E979AA

split-complementary

#E2E979 #79AAE9 #B879E9

monochromatic

#BDC721 #D7E044 #E2E979 #EDF2AE #F9FAE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.30

#E2E979 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.17

#E2E979 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2E979

16.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2E979	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2E979	1.00	1.30	16.17	16.17
#FFFFFF	1.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F7E06F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F8E37F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEDECF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E2E2E2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2e979;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 233, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.6% 0.136 112.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edefa2',
    500: '#e2e979',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2e979;
$custom-light: #edefa2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2e979",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.75,
    "s": 71.795,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.9057,
    "c": 0.13617,
    "h": 112
  },
  "luminance": 0.75827
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2E979

secondary

#4D45C1

accent

#12D41E

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FEFEF5

border

#D6D6CF

text

#17160F

muted

#858580

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2E979

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

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