#E2D151#E2D151

#E2D151 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.624; OKLCH L 85.1% C 0.147 H 101.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2D151
RGB	rgb(226, 209, 81)
HSL	hsl(53, 71%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(53, 64%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.5%, 64.2%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.11, -8.89, 63.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.11, 64.04, 97.98°)
OKLab	oklab(85.13% -0.0298 0.1437)
OKLCH	oklch(85.13% 0.147 101.7)
XYZ	xyz(55.6519, 62.3661, 16.8894)
Luminance	0.6236 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2D151 #5162E2

analogous

#E28951 #E2D151 #AAE251

triadic

#E2D151 #51E2D1 #D151E2

tetradic

#E2D151 #51E289 #5162E2 #E251AA

square

#E2D151 #51E289 #5162E2 #E251AA

split-complementary

#E2D151 #51AAE2 #8951E2

monochromatic

#9E8F1A #D3BE23 #E2D151 #EBDF85 #F3EDBA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.56

#E2D151 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.47

#E2D151 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2D151

13.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2D151	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2D151	1.00	1.56	13.47	13.47
#FFFFFF	1.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E3CB41

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8D258

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F2C3B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2d151;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 209, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.1% 0.147 101.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eede88',
    500: '#e2d151',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2d151;
$custom-light: #eede88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2d151",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.966,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85133,
    "c": 0.14677,
    "h": 101.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.62364
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2D151

secondary

#3642A1

accent

#29D312

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2D151

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

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