#E2E23B#E2E23B

#E2E23B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.709; OKLCH L 88.5% C 0.176 H 109.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2E23B
RGB	rgb(226, 226, 59)
HSL	hsl(60, 74%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(60, 74%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 73.9%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.43, -18.43, 75.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.43, 77.95, 103.68°)
OKLab	oklab(88.53% -0.0589 0.1661)
OKLCH	oklch(88.53% 0.176 109.5)
XYZ	xyz(59.3520, 70.8790, 14.6914)
Luminance	0.7088 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2E23B #3B3BE2

analogous

#E28E3B #E2E23B #8EE23B

triadic

#E2E23B #3BE2E2 #E23BE2

tetradic

#E2E23B #3BE28E #3B3BE2 #E23B8E

square

#E2E23B #3BE28E #3B3BE2 #E23B8E

split-complementary

#E2E23B #3B8EE2 #8E3BE2

monochromatic

#8E8E15 #C3C31D #E2E23B #EAEA70 #F2F2A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.38

#E2E23B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.18

#E2E23B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2E23B

15.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2E23B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2E23B	1.00	1.38	15.18	15.18
#FFFFFF	1.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4D813

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6DD49

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F2D3C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DBDBDB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2e23b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 226, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.5% 0.176 109.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efea7d',
    500: '#e2e23b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2e23b;
$custom-light: #efea7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2e23b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 74.222,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88528,
    "c": 0.17623,
    "h": 109.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.70877
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2E23B

secondary

#2E2E93

accent

#37F137

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFDF2

border

#D7D5CC

text

#17160B

muted

#85847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2E23B

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

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