#E2D149#E2D149

#E2D149 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.623; OKLCH L 85.1% C 0.152 H 102.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2D149
RGB	rgb(226, 209, 73)
HSL	hsl(53, 73%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(53, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.5%, 67.7%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.05, -9.34, 66.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.05, 67.22, 97.99°)
OKLab	oklab(85.07% -0.032 0.1491)
OKLCH	oklch(85.07% 0.153 102.1)
XYZ	xyz(55.3694, 62.2530, 15.4015)
Luminance	0.6225 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2D149 #495AE2

analogous

#E28449 #E2D149 #A6E249

triadic

#E2D149 #49E2D1 #D149E2

tetradic

#E2D149 #49E284 #495AE2 #E249A6

square

#E2D149 #49E284 #495AE2 #E249A6

split-complementary

#E2D149 #49A6E2 #8449E2

monochromatic

#988A18 #CDBA21 #E2D149 #EADE7E #F3ECB3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.56

#E2D149 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.45

#E2D149 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2D149

13.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2D149	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2D149	1.00	1.56	13.45	13.45
#FFFFFF	1.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E4CB36

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D251

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3C3B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2d149;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 209, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.1% 0.152 102.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efde83',
    500: '#e2d149',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2d149;
$custom-light: #efde83;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2d149",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.333,
    "s": 72.512,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85067,
    "c": 0.1525,
    "h": 102.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.62251
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2D149

secondary

#333F9C

accent

#4DEF39

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFCF2

border

#D6D5CC

text

#17150B

muted

#85847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2D149

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

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