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#E2FA2C — Vivid Yellow

#E2FA2C is a yellow color we call Vivid Yellow, closest to the named color Yellow (#FFFF00). It belongs to the yellow family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: yellow (#FFFF00) — not an exact match. CSS yellow gives you #FFFF00, a different color; use #E2FA2C 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.

#E2FA2C 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 #462EFA; it also sits naturally between #FAAC2E and #7CFA2E. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#E2FA2C · RGB 226, 250, 44

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Color values

HEX#E2FA2C
RGB226, 250, 44
HSL67°, 95%, 58%
HSV67°, 82%, 98%
CMYK10%, 0%, 82%, 2%
XYZ66.00, 84.72, 15.26
Yxy84.72, 0.3977, 0.5104
CIE-Lab93.76, -30.34, 85.37
Hunter Lab92.04, -28.61, 51.50

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 89% · Green 98% · Blue 17%

Cyan 10% · Magenta 0% · Yellow 82% · Key 2%

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

Previews

Sample text in #E2FA2C on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #E2FA2C on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #E2FA2C

.text { color: #E2FA2C; }
.background { background-color: #E2FA2C; }
.border { border: 3px solid #E2FA2C; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(226, 250, 44); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(67, 95%, 58%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #E2FA2C; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(226, 250, 44, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #E2FA2C; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(226, 250, 44, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#E2FA2C">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#E2FA2C">Div content here</div>

Shades of #E2FA2C

#DEF915#CFEA06#B9D105#9FB305#899A04#738103#586303#424B02#282D01#121401

Tints of #E2FA2C

#E5FA42#E7FB56#EAFB65#ECFC79#EFFC8D#F2FDA1#F5FDB4#F7FDC3#F9FED7#FCFEEB

Tones of #E2FA2C

#D6EB3D#CCDD4B#C0CE5A#B6C068#AAB177#9FA385

Color harmonies

Complementary — #462EFA:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.17:1 Fails
Against black text17.94:1 AAA

Best text color on #E2FA2C: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #E2FA2C

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 #E2FA2C: ·

How #E2FA2C looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #ECED5EDeuteranopia · #EBE96ATritanopia · #E3858E

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 Amber 500 · #FFC107

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #E2FA2C rather than the exact color:

Palette 362f4f
#362F4F · #5B23FF · #008BFF · #E4FF30
Honey Ruby Zephyr
#2C1012 · #E3F838 · #52FE48 · #B04AFF
Cosmic Ruby Ember
#190D24 · #F8348E · #0DFE29 · #ECFD33
Cosmic Ruby Breeze
#330D15 · #DBF720 · #241AFC · #FAE119
Lucky Ruby Garden
#120A1D · #D4F620 · #F62E14 · #12FA19
Rustic Tempest
#D6EB2C · #71DE38 · #20BD40 · #5BE9C5

Similar colors

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

#E4FF30#E3F838#ECFD33#DBF720#D4F620#D6EB2C#F5F828#D4EC2E#EDEA27#D7FE3D#E8EA3B#F2F73C

Browse neighbouring colors

← #E2FA2B  ·  #E2FA2D →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #E2FA2C?

#E2FA2C is Vivid Yellow, a yellow color (RGB 226, 250, 44). Its closest standard named color is Yellow.

What is the RGB and HSL of #E2FA2C?

#E2FA2C is RGB 226, 250, 44 — HSL 67°, 95%, 58% — CMYK 10%, 0%, 82%, 2%.

What colors go with #E2FA2C?

Its complement is #462EFA; analogous partners are #FAAC2E and #7CFA2E. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #E2FA2C for text?

Black text on #E2FA2C has a contrast ratio of 17.94:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.17:1.