#E2E942#E2E942

#E2E942 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.748; OKLCH L 90.1% C 0.179 H 111.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2E942
RGB	rgb(226, 233, 66)
HSL	hsl(63, 79%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(63, 72%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(3%, 0%, 71.7%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.32, -21.52, 75.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.32, 78.28, 105.96°)
OKLab	oklab(90.05% -0.0669 0.1663)
OKLCH	oklch(90.05% 0.179 111.9)
XYZ	xyz(61.4883, 74.8414, 16.3600)
Luminance	0.7484 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2E942 #4942E9

analogous

#E99C42 #E2E942 #8EE942

triadic

#E2E942 #42E2E9 #E942E2

tetradic

#E2E942 #42E99C #4942E9 #E9428E

square

#E2E942 #42E99C #4942E9 #E9428E

split-complementary

#E2E942 #428EE9 #9C42E9

monochromatic

#989E12 #CDD519 #E2E942 #EAEF79 #F3F6B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.32

#E2E942 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.97

#E2E942 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2E942

15.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2E942	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2E942	1.00	1.32	15.97	15.97
#FFFFFF	1.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FBDE21

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FBE24F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F1DBC9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E0E0E0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2e942;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 233, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.1% 0.179 111.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efef82',
    500: '#e2e942',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2e942;
$custom-light: #efef82;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2e942",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.515,
    "s": 79.147,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90053,
    "c": 0.17923,
    "h": 111.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.7484
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2E942

secondary

#332EA1

accent

#32F63A

background

#FFFFFB

surface

#FFFEF2

border

#D7D6CC

text

#17160B

muted

#85857E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2E942

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

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