#E2E779#E2E779
#E2E779 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.747; OKLCH L 90.1% C 0.134 H 111.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E2E779 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(226, 231, 121) |
| HSL | hsl(63, 70%, 69%) |
| HSV | hsv(63, 48%, 91%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(2.2%, 0%, 47.6%, 9.4%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(89.25, -16.82, 52.55) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(89.25, 55.18, 107.75°) |
| OKLab | oklab(90.15% -0.0482 0.1249) |
| OKLCH | oklch(90.15% 0.134 111.1) |
| XYZ | xyz(63.3923, 74.7023, 29.1650) |
| Luminance | 0.7470 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Khaki (CSS)
#F0E68C
ΔE00 4.59
Straw
#FCF679
ΔE00 4.92
Yellowish Tan
#FCFC81
ΔE00 5.00
Manilla
#FFFA86
ΔE00 5.08
Pale Yellow
#FFFF84
ΔE00 5.54
Faded Yellow
#FEFF7F
ΔE00 5.64
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E2E779 #7E79E7
analogous
#E7B579 #E2E779 #ABE779
triadic
#E2E779 #79E2E7 #E779E2
tetradic
#E2E779 #79E7B5 #7E79E7 #E779AB
square
#E2E779 #79E7B5 #7E79E7 #E779AB
split-complementary
#E2E779 #79ABE7 #B579E7
monochromatic
#BBC323 #D7DE45 #E2E779 #EDF0AD #F8FAE1
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.32
#E2E779 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
15.94
#E2E779 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E2E779
15.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E2E779 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E2E779 | 1.00 | 1.32 | 15.94 | 15.94 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.32 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 15.94 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 15.94 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#F6DF6F
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#F6E27F
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#EFDCCE
Achromatopsia (no color)
#E0E0E0
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e2e779; /* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 231, 121); /* oklch */ color: oklch(90.1% 0.134 111.1);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#edeea2',
500: '#e2e779',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e2e779; $custom-light: #edeea2; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e2e779",
"rgb": {
"r": 226,
"g": 231,
"b": 121
},
"hsl": {
"h": 62.727,
"s": 69.62,
"l": 69.02
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.9015,
"c": 0.13386,
"h": 111.1
},
"luminance": 0.74701
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E2E779
secondary
#4B45BF
accent
#14D21D
background
#FFFFFC
surface
#FEFEF5
border
#D6D6CF
text
#17160F
muted
#858580