#E2D155#E2D155

#E2D155 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.624; OKLCH L 85.2% C 0.144 H 101.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2D155
RGB	rgb(226, 209, 85)
HSL	hsl(53, 71%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(53, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.5%, 62.4%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.14, -8.65, 61.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.14, 62.38, 97.97°)
OKLab	oklab(85.17% -0.0287 0.1408)
OKLCH	oklch(85.17% 0.144 101.5)
XYZ	xyz(55.8064, 62.4278, 17.7028)
Luminance	0.6243 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2D155 #5566E2

analogous

#E28A55 #E2D155 #ACE255

triadic

#E2D155 #55E2D1 #D155E2

tetradic

#E2D155 #55E28A #5566E2 #E255AC

square

#E2D155 #55E28A #5566E2 #E255AC

split-complementary

#E2D155 #55ACE2 #8A55E2

monochromatic

#A1911B #D5C024 #E2D155 #EBDF89 #F4EDBE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.56

#E2D155 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.49

#E2D155 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2D155

13.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2D155	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2D155	1.00	1.56	13.49	13.49
#FFFFFF	1.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E3CB46

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8D25C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F2C3B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2d155;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 209, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.2% 0.144 101.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eede8a',
    500: '#e2d155',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2d155;
$custom-light: #eede8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2d155",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.766,
    "s": 70.854,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8517,
    "c": 0.14371,
    "h": 101.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.62426
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2D155

secondary

#3744A4

accent

#2AD313

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2D155

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

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