#E2E22D#E2E22D

#E2E22D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.708; OKLCH L 88.5% C 0.183 H 109.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2E22D
RGB	rgb(226, 226, 45)
HSL	hsl(60, 76%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(60, 80%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 80.1%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.36, -18.93, 79.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.36, 81.88, 103.37°)
OKLab	oklab(88.46% -0.0613 0.172)
OKLCH	oklch(88.46% 0.183 109.6)
XYZ	xyz(59.0363, 70.7528, 13.0289)
Luminance	0.7075 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2E22D #2D2DE2

analogous

#E2872D #E2E22D #87E22D

triadic

#E2E22D #2DE2E2 #E22DE2

tetradic

#E2E22D #2DE287 #2D2DE2 #E22D87

square

#E2E22D #2DE287 #2D2DE2 #E22D87

split-complementary

#E2E22D #2D87E2 #872DE2

monochromatic

#838312 #B8B819 #E2E22D #E9E963 #F1F199

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.39

#E2E22D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.15

#E2E22D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2E22D

15.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2E22D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2E22D	1.00	1.39	15.15	15.15
#FFFFFF	1.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F5D800

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F7DD3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F2D3C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DBDBDB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2e22d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 226, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.5% 0.183 109.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0ea78',
    500: '#e2e22d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2e22d;
$custom-light: #f0ea78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2e22d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 75.732,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8846,
    "c": 0.18264,
    "h": 109.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.70751
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2E22D

secondary

#2A2A89

accent

#35F235

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFDF2

border

#D7D5CC

text

#17160A

muted

#85847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2E22D

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

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