#E2D04A#E2D04A

#E2D04A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.618; OKLCH L 84.9% C 0.151 H 101.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2D04A
RGB	rgb(226, 208, 74)
HSL	hsl(53, 72%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(53, 67%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8%, 67.3%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.79, -8.78, 65.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.79, 66.50, 97.59°)
OKLab	oklab(84.87% -0.0303 0.1479)
OKLCH	oklch(84.87% 0.151 101.6)
XYZ	xyz(55.1583, 61.7773, 15.4960)
Luminance	0.6178 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2D04A #4A5CE2

analogous

#E2844A #E2D04A #A8E24A

triadic

#E2D04A #4AE2D0 #D04AE2

tetradic

#E2D04A #4AE284 #4A5CE2 #E24AA8

square

#E2D04A #4AE284 #4A5CE2 #E24AA8

split-complementary

#E2D04A #4AA8E2 #844AE2

monochromatic

#998A19 #CEB921 #E2D04A #EADE7F #F3EBB3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.57

#E2D04A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.36

#E2D04A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2D04A

13.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2D04A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2D04A	1.00	1.57	13.36	13.36
#FFFFFF	1.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E3CA37

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8D152

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3C2B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2d04a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 208, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.9% 0.151 101.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efde84',
    500: '#e2d04a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2d04a;
$custom-light: #efde84;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2d04a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 208,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.895,
    "s": 72.381,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84868,
    "c": 0.15097,
    "h": 101.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.61775
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2D04A

secondary

#33409D

accent

#4EEF39

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFCF2

border

#D6D5CC

text

#17150B

muted

#85847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2D04A

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →