#E2E243#E2E243
#E2E243 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.710; OKLCH L 88.6% C 0.172 H 109.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E2E243 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(226, 226, 67) |
| HSL | hsl(60, 73%, 57%) |
| HSV | hsv(60, 70%, 89%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 0%, 70.4%, 11.4%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(87.47, -18.09, 73.14) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(87.47, 75.35, 103.89°) |
| OKLab | oklab(88.58% -0.0572 0.162) |
| OKLCH | oklch(88.58% 0.172 109.4) |
| XYZ | xyz(59.5756, 70.9685, 15.8691) |
| Luminance | 0.7097 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Piss Yellow
#DDD618
ΔE00 3.60
Off Yellow
#F1F33F
ΔE00 3.87
Sickly Yellow
#D0E429
ΔE00 4.13
Yellowish
#FAEE66
ΔE00 4.53
Dull Yellow
#EEDC5B
ΔE00 4.90
Sandy Yellow
#FDEE73
ΔE00 5.78
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E2E243 #4343E2
analogous
#E29343 #E2E243 #93E243
triadic
#E2E243 #43E2E2 #E243E2
tetradic
#E2E243 #43E293 #4343E2 #E24393
square
#E2E243 #43E293 #4343E2 #E24393
split-complementary
#E2E243 #4393E2 #9343E2
monochromatic
#949417 #C9C91F #E2E243 #EAEA78 #F2F2AD
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.38
#E2E243 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
15.19
#E2E243 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E2E243
15.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E2E243 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E2E243 | 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)
#F4D926
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#F6DE4F
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F2D4C3
Achromatopsia (no color)
#DBDBDB
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e2e243; /* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 226, 67); /* oklch */ color: oklch(88.6% 0.172 109.4);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#efea81',
500: '#e2e243',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e2e243; $custom-light: #efea81; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e2e243",
"rgb": {
"r": 226,
"g": 226,
"b": 67
},
"hsl": {
"h": 60,
"s": 73.272,
"l": 57.451
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.88577,
"c": 0.17179,
"h": 109.4
},
"luminance": 0.70967
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E2E243
secondary
#313198
accent
#38F038
background
#FFFEFB
surface
#FFFDF2
border
#D7D5CC
text
#17160B
muted
#85847E