#E2E453#E2E453
#E2E453 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.723; OKLCH L 89.1% C 0.163 H 110.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E2E453 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(226, 228, 83) |
| HSL | hsl(61, 73%, 61%) |
| HSV | hsv(61, 64%, 89%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0.9%, 0%, 63.6%, 10.6%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(88.10, -18.21, 67.85) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(88.10, 70.25, 105.03°) |
| OKLab | oklab(89.12% -0.056 0.1534) |
| OKLCH | oklch(89.12% 0.163 110.1) |
| XYZ | xyz(60.6707, 72.2817, 18.9377) |
| Luminance | 0.7228 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Off Yellow
#F1F33F
ΔE00 4.22
Sickly Yellow
#D0E429
ΔE00 4.25
Yellowish
#FAEE66
ΔE00 4.28
Piss Yellow
#DDD618
ΔE00 4.89
Straw
#FCF679
ΔE00 5.03
Dull Yellow
#EEDC5B
ΔE00 5.04
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E2E453 #5553E4
analogous
#E49E53 #E2E453 #99E453
triadic
#E2E453 #53E2E4 #E453E2
tetradic
#E2E453 #53E49E #5553E4 #E45399
square
#E2E453 #53E49E #5553E4 #E45399
split-complementary
#E2E453 #5399E4 #9E53E4
monochromatic
#A1A31A #D5D822 #E2E453 #EBEC88 #F4F5BD
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.36
#E2E453 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
15.46
#E2E453 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E2E453
15.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E2E453 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E2E453 | 1.00 | 1.36 | 15.46 | 15.46 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.36 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 15.46 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 15.46 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#F5DB40
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#F7DF5C
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F1D6C6
Achromatopsia (no color)
#DDDDDD
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e2e453; /* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 228, 83); /* oklch */ color: oklch(89.1% 0.163 110.1);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#eeec8a',
500: '#e2e453',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e2e453; $custom-light: #eeec8a; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e2e453",
"rgb": {
"r": 226,
"g": 228,
"b": 83
},
"hsl": {
"h": 60.828,
"s": 72.864,
"l": 60.98
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.89117,
"c": 0.16328,
"h": 110.1
},
"luminance": 0.7228
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E2E453
secondary
#3736A5
accent
#11D513
background
#FFFEFC
surface
#FEFDF4
border
#D6D5CE
text
#17160C
muted
#85847F