#E2E240#E2E240

#E2E240 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.709; OKLCH L 88.6% C 0.174 H 109.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2E240
RGB	rgb(226, 226, 64)
HSL	hsl(60, 74%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(60, 72%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 71.7%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.45, -18.22, 74.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.45, 76.35, 103.81°)
OKLab	oklab(88.56% -0.0578 0.1636)
OKLCH	oklch(88.56% 0.174 109.5)
XYZ	xyz(59.4880, 70.9334, 15.4074)
Luminance	0.7093 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2E240 #4040E2

analogous

#E29140 #E2E240 #91E240

triadic

#E2E240 #40E2E2 #E240E2

tetradic

#E2E240 #40E291 #4040E2 #E24091

square

#E2E240 #40E291 #4040E2 #E24091

split-complementary

#E2E240 #4091E2 #9140E2

monochromatic

#929216 #C7C71E #E2E240 #EAEA75 #F2F2AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.38

#E2E240 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.19

#E2E240 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2E240

15.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2E240	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2E240	1.00	1.38	15.19	15.19
#FFFFFF	1.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4D820

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6DE4D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F2D4C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DBDBDB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2e240;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 226, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.6% 0.174 109.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efea80',
    500: '#e2e240',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2e240;
$custom-light: #efea80;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2e240",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 73.636,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88558,
    "c": 0.17352,
    "h": 109.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.70932
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2E240

secondary

#303096

accent

#38F038

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFDF2

border

#D7D5CC

text

#17160B

muted

#85847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2E240

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

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