#E2E230#E2E230
#E2E230 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.708; OKLCH L 88.5% C 0.181 H 109.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E2E230 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(226, 226, 48) |
| HSL | hsl(60, 75%, 54%) |
| HSV | hsv(60, 79%, 89%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 0%, 78.8%, 11.4%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(87.38, -18.83, 78.89) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(87.38, 81.11, 103.43°) |
| OKLab | oklab(88.47% -0.0608 0.1709) |
| OKLCH | oklch(88.47% 0.181 109.6) |
| XYZ | xyz(59.0962, 70.7767, 13.3440) |
| Luminance | 0.7077 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Piss Yellow
#DDD618
ΔE00 3.03
Off Yellow
#F1F33F
ΔE00 3.63
Sickly Yellow
#D0E429
ΔE00 4.11
Yellowish
#FAEE66
ΔE00 5.16
Dull Yellow
#EEDC5B
ΔE00 5.52
Lemon
#FFF700
ΔE00 5.85
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E2E230 #3030E2
analogous
#E28930 #E2E230 #89E230
triadic
#E2E230 #30E2E2 #E230E2
tetradic
#E2E230 #30E289 #3030E2 #E23089
square
#E2E230 #30E289 #3030E2 #E23089
split-complementary
#E2E230 #3089E2 #8930E2
monochromatic
#858513 #BBBB1A #E2E230 #EAEA66 #F1F19B
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.39
#E2E230 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
15.16
#E2E230 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E2E230
15.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E2E230 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E2E230 | 1.00 | 1.39 | 15.16 | 15.16 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.39 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 15.16 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 15.16 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#F5D800
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#F7DD41
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F2D3C2
Achromatopsia (no color)
#DBDBDB
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e2e230; /* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 226, 48); /* oklch */ color: oklch(88.5% 0.181 109.6);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#efea79',
500: '#e2e230',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e2e230; $custom-light: #efea79; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e2e230",
"rgb": {
"r": 226,
"g": 226,
"b": 48
},
"hsl": {
"h": 60,
"s": 75.424,
"l": 53.725
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.88473,
"c": 0.18141,
"h": 109.6
},
"luminance": 0.70775
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E2E230
secondary
#2B2B8B
accent
#36F236
background
#FFFEFB
surface
#FFFDF2
border
#D7D5CC
text
#17160A
muted
#85847D