#E2D056#E2D056

#E2D056 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.620; OKLCH L 85.0% C 0.142 H 100.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2D056
RGB	rgb(226, 208, 86)
HSL	hsl(52, 71%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(52, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8%, 61.9%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.89, -8.08, 61.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.89, 61.61, 97.53°)
OKLab	oklab(84.97% -0.0269 0.1395)
OKLCH	oklch(84.97% 0.142 100.9)
XYZ	xyz(55.6018, 61.9547, 17.8319)
Luminance	0.6195 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2D056 #5668E2

analogous

#E28A56 #E2D056 #AEE256

triadic

#E2D056 #56E2D0 #D056E2

tetradic

#E2D056 #56E28A #5668E2 #E256AE

square

#E2D056 #56E28A #5668E2 #E256AE

split-complementary

#E2D056 #56AEE2 #8A56E2

monochromatic

#A2911C #D6BF25 #E2D056 #EBDF8A #F4EDBE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.57

#E2D056 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.39

#E2D056 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2D056

13.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2D056	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2D056	1.00	1.57	13.39	13.39
#FFFFFF	1.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E2CA48

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E7D25D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F2C2B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2d056;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 208, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.0% 0.142 100.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eede8b',
    500: '#e2d056',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2d056;
$custom-light: #eede8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2d056",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 208,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.286,
    "s": 70.707,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84973,
    "c": 0.14206,
    "h": 100.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.61952
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2D056

secondary

#3846A5

accent

#2BD313

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2D056

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

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