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#E2EA90 — Light Yellow

#E2EA90 is a yellow color we call Light 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 #E2EA90 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.

#E2EA90 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 #9790EA; it also sits naturally between #EAC490 and #B5EA90. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#E2EA90 · RGB 226, 234, 144

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Color values

HEX#E2EA90
RGB226, 234, 144
HSL65°, 68%, 74%
HSV65°, 38%, 92%
CMYK3%, 0%, 38%, 8%
XYZ65.82, 77.03, 37.78
Yxy77.03, 0.3644, 0.4264
CIE-Lab90.33, -15.98, 42.79
Hunter Lab87.77, -15.27, 32.33

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 89% · Green 92% · Blue 56%

Cyan 3% · Magenta 0% · Yellow 38% · Key 8%

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

Previews

Sample text in #E2EA90 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #E2EA90 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #E2EA90

.text { color: #E2EA90; }
.background { background-color: #E2EA90; }
.border { border: 3px solid #E2EA90; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(226, 234, 144); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(65, 68%, 74%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #E2EA90; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(226, 234, 144, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #E2EA90; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(226, 234, 144, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#E2EA90">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#E2EA90">Div content here</div>

Shades of #E2EA90

#DBE472#D3DE54#CBD936#B8C526#9CA720#80891A#646B14#484D0F#2C2F09#101103

Tints of #E2EA90

#E4EB98#E7EDA1#EAEFAE#ECF1B6#EEF3BF#F1F4C7#F3F6D0#F6F8DD#F8FAE5#FBFCEE

Tones of #E2EA90

#DDE396#D8DD9C#D2D7A3#CDD0A9#C7C9B0#C2C3B6

Color harmonies

Complementary — #9790EA:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.28:1 Fails
Against black text16.41:1 AAA

Best text color on #E2EA90: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #E2EA90

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 #E2EA90: ·

How #E2EA90 looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #E5E6A6Deuteranopia · #E5E4ABTritanopia · #E2B7BB

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 Yellow 500 · #FFEB3BMaterial Lime 500 · #CDDC39Material Grey 500 · #9E9E9E

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #E2EA90 rather than the exact color:

Palette A3dc9a
#A3DC9A · #DEE791 · #FFF9BD · #FFD6BA
Silent Ruby Terrace
#2F0C88 · #7357F0 · #C6F15A · #E2EF94
Golden Summit
#4717CB · #AA72EF · #B9E936 · #DCEC96
Golden Petal
#E4E18D · #AFE47C · #25C72E · #2EB782
Hidden Ruby Monsoon
#2117B8 · #8076EE · #D8E324 · #EAEB96
Palette 9112bc
#9112BC · #AE75DA · #E9E294 · #FFFCB8

Similar colors

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

#DEE791#E2EF94#DCEC96#E4E18D#EAEB96#E9E294#EBEF95#D8E796#D9EA99#E5DD90#EBE389#E1E099

Browse neighbouring colors

← #E2EA8F  ·  #E2EA91 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #E2EA90?

#E2EA90 is Light Yellow, a yellow color (RGB 226, 234, 144). Its closest standard named color is Khaki.

What is the RGB and HSL of #E2EA90?

#E2EA90 is RGB 226, 234, 144 — HSL 65°, 68%, 74% — CMYK 3%, 0%, 38%, 8%.

What colors go with #E2EA90?

Its complement is #9790EA; analogous partners are #EAC490 and #B5EA90. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #E2EA90 for text?

Black text on #E2EA90 has a contrast ratio of 16.41:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.28:1.