#E2E944#E2E944
#E2E944 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.749; OKLCH L 90.1% C 0.178 H 111.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E2E944 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(226, 233, 68) |
| HSL | hsl(63, 79%, 59%) |
| HSV | hsv(63, 71%, 91%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(3%, 0%, 70.8%, 8.6%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(89.33, -21.43, 74.60) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(89.33, 77.62, 106.03°) |
| OKLab | oklab(90.07% -0.0665 0.1652) |
| OKLCH | oklch(90.07% 0.178 111.9) |
| XYZ | xyz(61.5483, 74.8654, 16.6760) |
| Luminance | 0.7486 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Off Yellow
#F1F33F
ΔE00 2.88
Sickly Yellow
#D0E429
ΔE00 3.09
Banana Yellow
#FAFE4B
ΔE00 4.69
Lemon (survey)
#FDFF52
ΔE00 4.96
Canary
#FDFF63
ΔE00 4.96
Yellowish
#FAEE66
ΔE00 5.04
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E2E944 #4B44E9
analogous
#E99D44 #E2E944 #90E944
triadic
#E2E944 #44E2E9 #E944E2
tetradic
#E2E944 #44E99D #4B44E9 #E94490
square
#E2E944 #44E99D #4B44E9 #E94490
split-complementary
#E2E944 #4490E9 #9D44E9
monochromatic
#9AA013 #CFD719 #E2E944 #EAEF7B #F3F6B2
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.31
#E2E944 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
15.97
#E2E944 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E2E944
15.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E2E944 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E2E944 | 1.00 | 1.31 | 15.97 | 15.97 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.31 | 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)
#FBDE25
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#FBE251
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F1DBC9
Achromatopsia (no color)
#E0E0E0
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e2e944; /* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 233, 68); /* oklch */ color: oklch(90.1% 0.178 111.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#efef83',
500: '#e2e944',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e2e944; $custom-light: #efef83; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e2e944",
"rgb": {
"r": 226,
"g": 233,
"b": 68
},
"hsl": {
"h": 62.545,
"s": 78.947,
"l": 59.02
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.90066,
"c": 0.17809,
"h": 111.9
},
"luminance": 0.74864
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E2E944
secondary
#342FA2
accent
#32F53B
background
#FFFFFB
surface
#FFFEF2
border
#D7D6CC
text
#17160B
muted
#85857E