#E2D04D#E2D04D

#E2D04D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.618; OKLCH L 84.9% C 0.149 H 101.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2D04D
RGB	rgb(226, 208, 77)
HSL	hsl(53, 72%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(53, 66%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8%, 65.9%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.82, -8.62, 64.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.82, 65.31, 97.58°)
OKLab	oklab(84.89% -0.0295 0.1459)
OKLCH	oklch(84.89% 0.149 101.4)
XYZ	xyz(55.2618, 61.8187, 16.0411)
Luminance	0.6182 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2D04D #4D5FE2

analogous

#E2864D #E2D04D #A9E24D

triadic

#E2D04D #4DE2D0 #D04DE2

tetradic

#E2D04D #4DE286 #4D5FE2 #E24DA9

square

#E2D04D #4DE286 #4D5FE2 #E24DA9

split-complementary

#E2D04D #4DA9E2 #864DE2

monochromatic

#9B8C19 #D0BB22 #E2D04D #EBDE82 #F3ECB6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.57

#E2D04D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.36

#E2D04D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2D04D

13.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2D04D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2D04D	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)

#E3CA3C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8D155

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3C2B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2d04d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 208, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.9% 0.149 101.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efde85',
    500: '#e2d04d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2d04d;
$custom-light: #efde85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2d04d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 208,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.752,
    "s": 71.981,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84893,
    "c": 0.14886,
    "h": 101.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.61816
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2D04D

secondary

#34419F

accent

#4FEF39

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFCF2

border

#D6D5CC

text

#17150B

muted

#85847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2D04D

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

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