#E2D161#E2D161

#E2D161 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.626; OKLCH L 85.3% C 0.134 H 100.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2D161
RGB	rgb(226, 209, 97)
HSL	hsl(52, 69%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(52, 57%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.5%, 57.1%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.25, -7.83, 56.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.25, 57.16, 97.87°)
OKLab	oklab(85.29% -0.025 0.1314)
OKLCH	oklch(85.29% 0.134 100.8)
XYZ	xyz(56.3242, 62.6349, 20.4298)
Luminance	0.6263 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2D161 #6172E2

analogous

#E29061 #E2D161 #B2E261

triadic

#E2D161 #61E2D1 #D161E2

tetradic

#E2D161 #61E290 #6172E2 #E261B2

square

#E2D161 #61E290 #6172E2 #E261B2

split-complementary

#E2D161 #61B2E2 #9061E2

monochromatic

#A9971F #D9C22D #E2D161 #EBE095 #F5EFC8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.55

#E2D161 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.53

#E2D161 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2D161

13.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2D161	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2D161	1.00	1.55	13.53	13.53
#FFFFFF	1.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E2CB56

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E7D266

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F2C4B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2d161;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 209, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.3% 0.134 100.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eede91',
    500: '#e2d161',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2d161;
$custom-light: #eede91;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2d161",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.093,
    "s": 68.984,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85292,
    "c": 0.13375,
    "h": 100.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.62633
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2D161

secondary

#3C4AAB

accent

#2DD115

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2D161

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

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