#E2E040#E2E040

#E2E040 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.699; OKLCH L 88.1% C 0.172 H 108.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2E040
RGB	rgb(226, 224, 64)
HSL	hsl(59, 74%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(59, 72%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.9%, 71.7%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.92, -17.24, 73.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.92, 75.64, 103.18°)
OKLab	oklab(88.14% -0.0551 0.1625)
OKLCH	oklch(88.14% 0.172 108.7)
XYZ	xyz(58.9473, 69.8521, 15.2272)
Luminance	0.6985 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2E040 #4042E2

analogous

#E28F40 #E2E040 #93E240

triadic

#E2E040 #40E2E0 #E040E2

tetradic

#E2E040 #40E28F #4042E2 #E24093

square

#E2E040 #40E28F #4042E2 #E24093

split-complementary

#E2E040 #4093E2 #8F40E2

monochromatic

#929016 #C7C51E #E2E040 #EAE975 #F2F1AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.40

#E2E040 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.97

#E2E040 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2E040

14.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2E040	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2E040	1.00	1.40	14.97	14.97
#FFFFFF	1.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F2D721

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5DC4C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F2D2C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DADADA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2e040;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 224, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.1% 0.172 108.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efe980',
    500: '#e2e040',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2e040;
$custom-light: #efe980;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2e040",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 224,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.259,
    "s": 73.636,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88136,
    "c": 0.17162,
    "h": 108.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.6985
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2E040

secondary

#303196

accent

#3AF038

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFCF2

border

#D7D5CC

text

#17160B

muted

#85847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2E040

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

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