#E2D040#E2D040

#E2D040 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.617; OKLCH L 84.8% C 0.157 H 102.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2D040
RGB	rgb(226, 208, 64)
HSL	hsl(53, 74%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(53, 72%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8%, 71.7%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.73, -9.28, 69.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.73, 70.23, 97.60°)
OKLab	oklab(84.79% -0.0327 0.154)
OKLCH	oklch(84.79% 0.157 102)
XYZ	xyz(54.8478, 61.6531, 13.8607)
Luminance	0.6165 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2D040 #4052E2

analogous

#E27F40 #E2D040 #A3E240

triadic

#E2D040 #40E2D0 #D040E2

tetradic

#E2D040 #40E27F #4052E2 #E240A3

square

#E2D040 #40E27F #4052E2 #E240A3

split-complementary

#E2D040 #40A3E2 #7F40E2

monochromatic

#928416 #C7B41E #E2D040 #EADD75 #F2EAAA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.58

#E2D040 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.33

#E2D040 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2D040

13.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2D040	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2D040	1.00	1.58	13.33	13.33
#FFFFFF	1.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E3CA27

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8D14A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3C1B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2d040;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 208, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.8% 0.157 102.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efde7e',
    500: '#e2d040',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2d040;
$custom-light: #efde7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2d040",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 208,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.333,
    "s": 73.636,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84794,
    "c": 0.15744,
    "h": 102
  },
  "luminance": 0.61651
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2D040

secondary

#303B96

accent

#4CF038

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFCF2

border

#D7D5CC

text

#17150B

muted

#85847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2D040

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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