#E2E355#E2E355
#E2E355 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.718; OKLCH L 88.9% C 0.161 H 109.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E2E355 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(226, 227, 85) |
| HSL | hsl(60, 72%, 61%) |
| HSV | hsv(60, 63%, 89%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0.4%, 0%, 62.6%, 11%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(87.86, -17.60, 66.79) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(87.86, 69.07, 104.77°) |
| OKLab | oklab(88.92% -0.0541 0.1514) |
| OKLCH | oklch(88.92% 0.161 109.7) |
| XYZ | xyz(60.4747, 71.7644, 19.2589) |
| Luminance | 0.7176 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Yellowish
#FAEE66
ΔE00 4.22
Off Yellow
#F1F33F
ΔE00 4.51
Sickly Yellow
#D0E429
ΔE00 4.53
Dull Yellow
#EEDC5B
ΔE00 4.77
Piss Yellow
#DDD618
ΔE00 4.86
Straw
#FCF679
ΔE00 5.01
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E2E355 #5655E3
analogous
#E39D55 #E2E355 #9BE355
triadic
#E2E355 #55E2E3 #E355E2
tetradic
#E2E355 #55E39D #5655E3 #E3559B
square
#E2E355 #55E39D #5655E3 #E3559B
split-complementary
#E2E355 #559BE3 #9D55E3
monochromatic
#A2A31B #D6D723 #E2E355 #EBEC8A #F4F4BE
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.37
#E2E355 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
15.35
#E2E355 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E2E355
15.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E2E355 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E2E355 | 1.00 | 1.37 | 15.35 | 15.35 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.37 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 15.35 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 15.35 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#F4DA43
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#F6DE5E
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F1D5C6
Achromatopsia (no color)
#DCDCDC
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e2e355; /* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 227, 85); /* oklch */ color: oklch(88.9% 0.161 109.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#eeeb8b',
500: '#e2e355',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e2e355; $custom-light: #eeeb8b; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e2e355",
"rgb": {
"r": 226,
"g": 227,
"b": 85
},
"hsl": {
"h": 60.423,
"s": 71.717,
"l": 61.176
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.88923,
"c": 0.16081,
"h": 109.7
},
"luminance": 0.71763
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E2E355
secondary
#3837A5
accent
#12D413
background
#FFFEFC
surface
#FEFDF4
border
#D6D5CE
text
#17160C
muted
#85847F