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#E2EA50 — Vivid Yellow

#E2EA50 is a yellow color we call Vivid Yellow, closest to the named color Khaki (#F0E68C). It belongs to the yellow family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: khaki (#F0E68C) — not an exact match. CSS khaki gives you #F0E68C, a different color; use #E2EA50 when you need this exact shade.

Sources: common names follow widely used color-name references; CSS keywords and their hex values follow the CSS Color specification.

#E2EA50 is a warm yellow color associated with optimism, attention and cheer. It is saturated enough to be the accent — buttons, highlights and calls to action — while neutrals do the quiet work around it.

Its strongest partner is its complement #5952EB; it also sits naturally between #EBA652 and #96EB52. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#E2EA50 · RGB 226, 234, 80

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Color values

HEX#E2EA50
RGB226, 234, 80
HSL63°, 79%, 62%
HSV63°, 66%, 92%
CMYK3%, 0%, 66%, 8%
XYZ62.23, 75.59, 18.90
Yxy75.59, 0.3971, 0.4823
CIE-Lab89.67, -21.30, 70.62
Hunter Lab86.94, -20.05, 44.90

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 89% · Green 92% · Blue 31%

Cyan 3% · Magenta 0% · Yellow 66% · Key 8%

CMYK values are unprofiled approximations for screen reference — not a print-proofing guarantee.

Previews

Sample text in #E2EA50 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #E2EA50 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #E2EA50

.text { color: #E2EA50; }
.background { background-color: #E2EA50; }
.border { border: 3px solid #E2EA50; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(226, 234, 80); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(63, 79%, 62%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #E2EA50; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(226, 234, 80, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #E2EA50; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(226, 234, 80, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#E2EA50">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#E2EA50">Div content here</div>

Shades of #E2EA50

#DFE736#DAE41B#C4CD18#AAB215#909712#767B0E#5C600B#464909#2C2E05#111202

Tints of #E2EA50

#E5EC5F#E8EE72#EAF07F#EDF291#F0F49F#F2F5AD#F5F8BF#F7F9CD#FAFBDF#FCFDED

Tones of #E2EA50

#D9E05C#CFD468#C5CA72#BCBF7D#B2B488#A8A993

Color harmonies

Complementary — #5952EB:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.30:1 Fails
Against black text16.12:1 AAA

Best text color on #E2EA50: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #E2EA50

Text set with opacity blends into the background, so its real contrast is lower than the solid ratios above. Choose a text color and an opacity to see the blended color and its true ratio:

100%
Sample heading text
Smaller body text shows the effect best.

Blended color: · Contrast against #E2EA50: ·

How #E2EA50 looks with color blindness

Simulated with standard Machado color-vision-deficiency matrices — useful when this color carries meaning in charts, maps or interfaces:

Protanopia · #E5E675Deuteranopia · #E5E47ETritanopia · #E29399

Closest design-system colors

The nearest matches in the Tailwind CSS, Material Design and Bootstrap palettes — handy when you need a framework class instead of a raw hex:

Material Lime 500 · #CDDC39Material Yellow 500 · #FFEB3BMaterial Amber 500 · #FFC107

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #E2EA50 rather than the exact color:

Ruby Lagoon
#1F06AC · #0F42C0 · #5882E8 · #E3EF4F
Amber Ruby Ember
#69900E · #E3ED4B · #4E15D4 · #B7A5F0
Amber Garden
#8CAA0F · #E3F04A · #5835EE · #9E92EF
Palette 5cb338
#5CB338 · #ECE852 · #FFC145 · #FB4141
Silent Garden
#E9EE57 · #BEED66 · #9FEC78 · #85F083
Golden Ruby Monsoon
#EBED58 · #8EE659 · #47E96D · #23E7C8

Similar colors

The closest colors that actually appear in our palette collection — click any to open its page:

#E3EF4F#E3ED4B#E3F04A#ECE852#E9EE57#EBED58#ECE24F#DBE156#D5EB46#E7E35F#D4E345#D3E444

Browse neighbouring colors

← #E2EA4F  ·  #E2EA51 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #E2EA50?

#E2EA50 is Vivid Yellow, a yellow color (RGB 226, 234, 80). Its closest standard named color is Khaki.

What is the RGB and HSL of #E2EA50?

#E2EA50 is RGB 226, 234, 80 — HSL 63°, 79%, 62% — CMYK 3%, 0%, 66%, 8%.

What colors go with #E2EA50?

Its complement is #5952EB; analogous partners are #EBA652 and #96EB52. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #E2EA50 for text?

Black text on #E2EA50 has a contrast ratio of 16.12:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.30:1.