#E2E973#E2E973
#E2E973 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.757; OKLCH L 90.5% C 0.142 H 112.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E2E973 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(226, 233, 115) |
| HSL | hsl(64, 73%, 68%) |
| HSV | hsv(64, 51%, 91%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(3%, 0%, 50.6%, 8.6%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(89.71, -18.33, 55.88) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(89.71, 58.81, 108.16°) |
| OKLab | oklab(90.5% -0.0531 0.1316) |
| OKLCH | oklch(90.5% 0.142 112) |
| XYZ | xyz(63.5987, 75.6856, 27.4748) |
| Luminance | 0.7568 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Yellowish Tan
#FCFC81
ΔE00 4.60
Straw
#FCF679
ΔE00 4.62
Manilla
#FFFA86
ΔE00 4.95
Faded Yellow
#FEFF7F
ΔE00 5.14
Pale Yellow
#FFFF84
ΔE00 5.16
Butter
#FFFF81
ΔE00 5.21
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E2E973 #7A73E9
analogous
#E9B573 #E2E973 #A7E973
triadic
#E2E973 #73E2E9 #E973E2
tetradic
#E2E973 #73E9B5 #7A73E9 #E973A7
square
#E2E973 #73E9B5 #7A73E9 #E973A7
split-complementary
#E2E973 #73A7E9 #B573E9
monochromatic
#B9C31F #D7E13E #E2E973 #EDF1A8 #F8FADD
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.30
#E2E973 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
16.14
#E2E973 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E2E973
16.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E2E973 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E2E973 | 1.00 | 1.30 | 16.14 | 16.14 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.30 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 16.14 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 16.14 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#F8E068
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#F8E379
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#EFDDCE
Achromatopsia (no color)
#E2E2E2
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e2e973; /* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 233, 115); /* oklch */ color: oklch(90.5% 0.142 112.0);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#edef9e',
500: '#e2e973',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e2e973; $custom-light: #edef9e; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e2e973",
"rgb": {
"r": 226,
"g": 233,
"b": 115
},
"hsl": {
"h": 63.559,
"s": 72.84,
"l": 68.235
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.90495,
"c": 0.14194,
"h": 112
},
"luminance": 0.75684
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E2E973
secondary
#473FC1
accent
#11D51C
background
#FFFFFC
surface
#FEFEF5
border
#D6D6CF
text
#17160F
muted
#858580