#E2E140#E2E140

#E2E140 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.704; OKLCH L 88.3% C 0.173 H 109.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2E140
RGB	rgb(226, 225, 64)
HSL	hsl(60, 74%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(60, 72%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.4%, 71.7%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.19, -17.73, 73.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.19, 75.99, 103.50°)
OKLab	oklab(88.35% -0.0565 0.1631)
OKLCH	oklch(88.35% 0.173 109.1)
XYZ	xyz(59.2168, 70.3912, 15.3170)
Luminance	0.7039 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2E140 #4041E2

analogous

#E29040 #E2E140 #92E240

triadic

#E2E140 #40E2E1 #E140E2

tetradic

#E2E140 #40E290 #4041E2 #E24092

square

#E2E140 #40E290 #4041E2 #E24092

split-complementary

#E2E140 #4092E2 #9040E2

monochromatic

#929116 #C7C61E #E2E140 #EAE975 #F2F2AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.39

#E2E140 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.08

#E2E140 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2E140

15.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2E140	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2E140	1.00	1.39	15.08	15.08
#FFFFFF	1.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F3D820

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5DD4C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F2D3C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DADADA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2e140;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 225, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.3% 0.173 109.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efea80',
    500: '#e2e140',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2e140;
$custom-light: #efea80;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2e140",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.63,
    "s": 73.636,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88347,
    "c": 0.17256,
    "h": 109.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.70389
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2E140

secondary

#303196

accent

#39F038

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFCF2

border

#D7D5CC

text

#17160B

muted

#85847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2E140

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

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