#E2DF16#E2DF16
#E2DF16 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.690; OKLCH L 87.8% C 0.187 H 108.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E2DF16 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(226, 223, 22) |
| HSL | hsl(59, 82%, 49%) |
| HSV | hsv(59, 90%, 89%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 1.3%, 90.3%, 11.4%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(86.51, -17.98, 83.51) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(86.51, 85.42, 102.15°) |
| OKLab | oklab(87.75% -0.0599 0.177) |
| OKLCH | oklch(87.75% 0.187 108.7) |
| XYZ | xyz(57.8990, 69.0040, 11.0281) |
| Luminance | 0.6900 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Piss Yellow
#DDD618
ΔE00 2.14
Off Yellow
#F1F33F
ΔE00 4.45
Sickly Yellow
#D0E429
ΔE00 5.05
Dull Yellow
#EEDC5B
ΔE00 5.71
Lemon
#FFF700
ΔE00 5.73
Sunny Yellow
#FFF917
ΔE00 5.89
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E2DF16 #1619E2
analogous
#E27916 #E2DF16 #7FE216
triadic
#E2DF16 #16E2DF #DF16E2
tetradic
#E2DF16 #16E279 #1619E2 #E2167F
square
#E2DF16 #16E279 #1619E2 #E2167F
split-complementary
#E2DF16 #167FE2 #7916E2
monochromatic
#72710B #AAA811 #E2DF16 #EDEB48 #F3F180
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.42
#E2DF16 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
14.80
#E2DF16 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E2DF16
14.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E2DF16 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E2DF16 | 1.00 | 1.42 | 14.80 | 14.80 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.42 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 14.80 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 14.80 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#F2D500
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#F5DB31
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F3D0BE
Achromatopsia (no color)
#D8D8D8
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e2df16; /* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 223, 22); /* oklch */ color: oklch(87.8% 0.187 108.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f0e870',
500: '#e2df16',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e2df16; $custom-light: #f0e870; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e2df16",
"rgb": {
"r": 226,
"g": 223,
"b": 22
},
"hsl": {
"h": 59.118,
"s": 82.258,
"l": 48.627
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.87753,
"c": 0.18688,
"h": 108.7
},
"luminance": 0.69002
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E2DF16
secondary
#21227B
accent
#32F92F
background
#FFFEFB
surface
#FFFCF1
border
#D7D5CB
text
#181609
muted
#86847D