#E2E142#E2E142

#E2E142 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.704; OKLCH L 88.4% C 0.171 H 109.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2E142
RGB	rgb(226, 225, 66)
HSL	hsl(60, 73%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(60, 71%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.4%, 70.8%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.20, -17.64, 73.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.20, 75.32, 103.55°)
OKLab	oklab(88.36% -0.056 0.162)
OKLCH	oklch(88.36% 0.171 109.1)
XYZ	xyz(59.2748, 70.4143, 15.6221)
Luminance	0.7041 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2E142 #4243E2

analogous

#E29142 #E2E142 #93E242

triadic

#E2E142 #42E2E1 #E142E2

tetradic

#E2E142 #42E291 #4243E2 #E24293

square

#E2E142 #42E291 #4243E2 #E24293

split-complementary

#E2E142 #4293E2 #9142E2

monochromatic

#939217 #C8C71F #E2E142 #EAE977 #F2F2AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.39

#E2E142 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.08

#E2E142 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2E142

15.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2E142	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2E142	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)

#F3D825

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5DD4E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F2D3C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DADADA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2e142;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 225, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.4% 0.171 109.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efea81',
    500: '#e2e142',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2e142;
$custom-light: #efea81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2e142",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.625,
    "s": 73.394,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88359,
    "c": 0.17141,
    "h": 109.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.70413
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2E142

secondary

#313198

accent

#39F038

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFCF2

border

#D7D5CC

text

#17160B

muted

#85847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2E142

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

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