#E2E742#E2E742

#E2E742 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.737; OKLCH L 89.6% C 0.177 H 111.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2E742
RGB	rgb(226, 231, 66)
HSL	hsl(62, 77%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(62, 71%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.2%, 0%, 71.4%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.79, -20.56, 74.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.79, 77.53, 105.38°)
OKLab	oklab(89.63% -0.0642 0.1652)
OKLCH	oklch(89.63% 0.177 111.2)
XYZ	xyz(60.9254, 73.7155, 16.1723)
Luminance	0.7371 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2E742 #4742E7

analogous

#E79942 #E2E742 #8FE742

triadic

#E2E742 #42E2E7 #E742E2

tetradic

#E2E742 #42E799 #4742E7 #E7428F

square

#E2E742 #42E799 #4742E7 #E7428F

split-complementary

#E2E742 #428FE7 #9942E7

monochromatic

#979B14 #CCD11B #E2E742 #EAEE78 #F3F5AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.33

#E2E742 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.74

#E2E742 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2E742

15.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2E742	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2E742	1.00	1.33	15.74	15.74
#FFFFFF	1.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F9DD22

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FAE14F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F2D9C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2e742;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 231, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.6% 0.177 111.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efee81',
    500: '#e2e742',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2e742;
$custom-light: #efee81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2e742",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 231,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.818,
    "s": 77.465,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89629,
    "c": 0.17725,
    "h": 111.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.73714
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2E742

secondary

#322F9E

accent

#34F43A

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFDF2

border

#D7D5CC

text

#17160B

muted

#85847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2E742

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

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