#E2D14D#E2D14D

#E2D14D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.623; OKLCH L 85.1% C 0.150 H 101.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2D14D
RGB	rgb(226, 209, 77)
HSL	hsl(53, 72%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(53, 66%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.5%, 65.9%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.08, -9.12, 65.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.08, 65.65, 97.99°)
OKLab	oklab(85.1% -0.0309 0.1465)
OKLCH	oklch(85.1% 0.15 101.9)
XYZ	xyz(55.5064, 62.3078, 16.1226)
Luminance	0.6231 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2D14D #4D5EE2

analogous

#E2864D #E2D14D #A9E24D

triadic

#E2D14D #4DE2D1 #D14DE2

tetradic

#E2D14D #4DE286 #4D5EE2 #E24DA9

square

#E2D14D #4DE286 #4D5EE2 #E24DA9

split-complementary

#E2D14D #4DA9E2 #864DE2

monochromatic

#9B8C19 #D0BC22 #E2D14D #EBDF82 #F3ECB6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.56

#E2D14D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.46

#E2D14D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2D14D

13.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2D14D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2D14D	1.00	1.56	13.46	13.46
#FFFFFF	1.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E3CB3B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D255

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3C3B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2d14d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 209, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.1% 0.150 101.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efde85',
    500: '#e2d14d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2d14d;
$custom-light: #efde85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2d14d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.154,
    "s": 71.981,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85099,
    "c": 0.1497,
    "h": 101.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.62306
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2D14D

secondary

#34419F

accent

#4EEF39

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFCF2

border

#D6D5CC

text

#17150B

muted

#85847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2D14D

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

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