#E2D059#E2D059

#E2D059 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.620; OKLCH L 85.0% C 0.140 H 100.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2D059
RGB	rgb(226, 208, 89)
HSL	hsl(52, 70%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(52, 61%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8%, 60.6%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.92, -7.88, 59.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.92, 60.32, 97.51°)
OKLab	oklab(85% -0.026 0.1372)
OKLCH	oklch(85% 0.14 100.7)
XYZ	xyz(55.7252, 62.0040, 18.4819)
Luminance	0.6200 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2D059 #596BE2

analogous

#E28C59 #E2D059 #B0E259

triadic

#E2D059 #59E2D0 #D059E2

tetradic

#E2D059 #59E28C #596BE2 #E259B0

square

#E2D059 #59E28C #596BE2 #E259B0

split-complementary

#E2D059 #59B0E2 #8C59E2

monochromatic

#A4921D #D8C126 #E2D059 #EBDF8D #F4EEC1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.57

#E2D059 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.40

#E2D059 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2D059

13.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2D059	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2D059	1.00	1.57	13.40	13.40
#FFFFFF	1.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E2CA4C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E7D25F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F2C2B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2d059;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 208, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.0% 0.140 100.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eede8c',
    500: '#e2d059',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2d059;
$custom-light: #eede8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2d059",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 208,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.117,
    "s": 70.256,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85003,
    "c": 0.13964,
    "h": 100.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.62002
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2D059

secondary

#3947A6

accent

#2CD213

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2D059

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

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