#E2D15C#E2D15C
#E2D15C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.625; OKLCH L 85.2% C 0.138 H 101.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E2D15C |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(226, 209, 92) |
| HSL | hsl(52, 70%, 62%) |
| HSV | hsv(52, 59%, 89%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 7.5%, 59.3%, 11.4%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(83.20, -8.18, 58.81) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(83.20, 59.37, 97.92°) |
| OKLab | oklab(85.24% -0.0266 0.1354) |
| OKLCH | oklch(85.24% 0.138 101.1) |
| XYZ | xyz(56.0984, 62.5446, 19.2405) |
| Luminance | 0.6254 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Dull Yellow
#EEDC5B
ΔE00 2.85
Sandy
#F1DA7A
ΔE00 4.17
Sand Yellow
#FCE166
ΔE00 4.80
Light Mustard
#F7D560
ΔE00 4.84
Maize
#F4D054
ΔE00 5.12
Pale Gold
#FDDE6C
ΔE00 5.17
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E2D15C #5C6DE2
analogous
#E28E5C #E2D15C #B0E25C
triadic
#E2D15C #5CE2D1 #D15CE2
tetradic
#E2D15C #5CE28E #5C6DE2 #E25CB0
square
#E2D15C #5CE28E #5C6DE2 #E25CB0
split-complementary
#E2D15C #5CB0E2 #8E5CE2
monochromatic
#A6951E #D9C228 #E2D15C #EBE090 #F4EEC4
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.55
#E2D15C on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
13.51
#E2D15C on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E2D15C
13.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E2D15C | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E2D15C | 1.00 | 1.55 | 13.51 | 13.51 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.55 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 13.51 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 13.51 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#E3CB4F
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#E8D262
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F2C4B8
Achromatopsia (no color)
#CFCFCF
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e2d15c; /* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 209, 92); /* oklch */ color: oklch(85.2% 0.138 101.1);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#eede8e',
500: '#e2d15c',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e2d15c; $custom-light: #eede8e; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e2d15c",
"rgb": {
"r": 226,
"g": 209,
"b": 92
},
"hsl": {
"h": 52.388,
"s": 69.792,
"l": 62.353
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.85239,
"c": 0.13803,
"h": 101.1
},
"luminance": 0.62542
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E2D15C
secondary
#3A48A8
accent
#2CD214
background
#FFFEFC
surface
#FEFCF4
border
#D6D5CE
text
#17150D
muted
#85847F