#E2D049#E2D049

#E2D049 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.618; OKLCH L 84.9% C 0.152 H 101.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2D049
RGB	rgb(226, 208, 73)
HSL	hsl(53, 73%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(53, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8%, 67.7%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.79, -8.84, 66.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.79, 66.89, 97.59°)
OKLab	oklab(84.86% -0.0305 0.1485)
OKLCH	oklch(84.86% 0.152 101.6)
XYZ	xyz(55.1249, 61.7639, 15.3200)
Luminance	0.6176 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2D049 #495BE2

analogous

#E28349 #E2D049 #A7E249

triadic

#E2D049 #49E2D0 #D049E2

tetradic

#E2D049 #49E283 #495BE2 #E249A7

square

#E2D049 #49E283 #495BE2 #E249A7

split-complementary

#E2D049 #49A7E2 #8349E2

monochromatic

#988918 #CDB921 #E2D049 #EADE7E #F3EBB3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.57

#E2D049 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.35

#E2D049 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2D049

13.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2D049	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2D049	1.00	1.57	13.35	13.35
#FFFFFF	1.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E3CA36

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8D151

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3C2B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2d049;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 208, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.9% 0.152 101.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efde83',
    500: '#e2d049',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2d049;
$custom-light: #efde83;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2d049",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 208,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.941,
    "s": 72.512,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8486,
    "c": 0.15166,
    "h": 101.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.61762
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2D049

secondary

#333F9C

accent

#4EEF39

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFCF2

border

#D6D5CC

text

#17150B

muted

#85847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2D049

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

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