#E2E23E#E2E23E
#E2E23E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.709; OKLCH L 88.5% C 0.175 H 109.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E2E23E |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(226, 226, 62) |
| HSL | hsl(60, 74%, 56%) |
| HSV | hsv(60, 73%, 89%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 0%, 72.6%, 11.4%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(87.44, -18.31, 74.80) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(87.44, 77.00, 103.75°) |
| OKLab | oklab(88.55% -0.0583 0.1646) |
| OKLCH | oklch(88.55% 0.175 109.5) |
| XYZ | xyz(59.4321, 70.9111, 15.1130) |
| Luminance | 0.7091 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Piss Yellow
#DDD618
ΔE00 3.39
Off Yellow
#F1F33F
ΔE00 3.75
Sickly Yellow
#D0E429
ΔE00 4.08
Yellowish
#FAEE66
ΔE00 4.69
Dull Yellow
#EEDC5B
ΔE00 5.06
Banana Yellow
#FAFE4B
ΔE00 5.90
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E2E23E #3E3EE2
analogous
#E2903E #E2E23E #90E23E
triadic
#E2E23E #3EE2E2 #E23EE2
tetradic
#E2E23E #3EE290 #3E3EE2 #E23E90
square
#E2E23E #3EE290 #3E3EE2 #E23E90
split-complementary
#E2E23E #3E90E2 #903EE2
monochromatic
#909016 #C5C51E #E2E23E #EAEA73 #F2F2A8
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.38
#E2E23E on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
15.18
#E2E23E on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E2E23E
15.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E2E23E | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E2E23E | 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)
#F4D81B
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#F6DD4B
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F2D4C3
Achromatopsia (no color)
#DBDBDB
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e2e23e; /* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 226, 62); /* oklch */ color: oklch(88.5% 0.175 109.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#efea7f',
500: '#e2e23e',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e2e23e; $custom-light: #efea7f; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e2e23e",
"rgb": {
"r": 226,
"g": 226,
"b": 62
},
"hsl": {
"h": 60,
"s": 73.874,
"l": 56.471
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.88546,
"c": 0.17463,
"h": 109.5
},
"luminance": 0.70909
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E2E23E
secondary
#2F2F95
accent
#37F137
background
#FFFEFB
surface
#FFFDF2
border
#D7D5CC
text
#17160B
muted
#85847E