#E2D165#E2D165

#E2D165 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.627; OKLCH L 85.3% C 0.130 H 100.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2D165
RGB	rgb(226, 209, 101)
HSL	hsl(52, 68%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(52, 55%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.5%, 55.3%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.29, -7.53, 54.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.29, 55.35, 97.81°)
OKLab	oklab(85.34% -0.0237 0.128)
OKLCH	oklch(85.34% 0.13 100.5)
XYZ	xyz(56.5154, 62.7114, 21.4370)
Luminance	0.6271 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2D165 #6576E2

analogous

#E29365 #E2D165 #B5E265

triadic

#E2D165 #65E2D1 #D165E2

tetradic

#E2D165 #65E293 #6576E2 #E265B5

square

#E2D165 #65E293 #6576E2 #E265B5

split-complementary

#E2D165 #65B5E2 #9365E2

monochromatic

#AC9920 #D8C231 #E2D165 #ECE099 #F5F0CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.55

#E2D165 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.54

#E2D165 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2D165

13.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2D165	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2D165	1.00	1.55	13.54	13.54
#FFFFFF	1.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E2CC5A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E7D36A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F1C4B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2d165;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 209, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.3% 0.130 100.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eede94',
    500: '#e2d165',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2d165;
$custom-light: #eede94;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2d165",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.84,
    "s": 68.306,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85337,
    "c": 0.13017,
    "h": 100.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.62709
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2D165

secondary

#3D4DAE

accent

#2FD015

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2D165

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →