#E2E239#E2E239

#E2E239 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.709; OKLCH L 88.5% C 0.177 H 109.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2E239
RGB	rgb(226, 226, 57)
HSL	hsl(60, 74%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(60, 75%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 74.8%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.42, -18.51, 76.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.42, 78.56, 103.63°)
OKLab	oklab(88.52% -0.0593 0.1671)
OKLCH	oklch(88.52% 0.177 109.5)
XYZ	xyz(59.3011, 70.8587, 14.4234)
Luminance	0.7086 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2E239 #3939E2

analogous

#E28D39 #E2E239 #8DE239

triadic

#E2E239 #39E2E2 #E239E2

tetradic

#E2E239 #39E28D #3939E2 #E2398D

square

#E2E239 #39E28D #3939E2 #E2398D

split-complementary

#E2E239 #398DE2 #8D39E2

monochromatic

#8C8C15 #C1C11C #E2E239 #EAEA6E #F2F2A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.38

#E2E239 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.17

#E2E239 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2E239

15.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2E239	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2E239	1.00	1.38	15.17	15.17
#FFFFFF	1.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4D80B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6DD47

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F2D3C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DBDBDB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2e239;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 226, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.5% 0.177 109.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efea7d',
    500: '#e2e239',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2e239;
$custom-light: #efea7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2e239",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 74.449,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88517,
    "c": 0.17725,
    "h": 109.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.70857
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2E239

secondary

#2E2E91

accent

#37F137

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFDF2

border

#D7D5CC

text

#17160B

muted

#85847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2E239

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

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