#E2D231#E2D231

#E2D231 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.625; OKLCH L 85.1% C 0.167 H 103.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2D231
RGB	rgb(226, 210, 49)
HSL	hsl(55, 75%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(55, 78%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.1%, 78.3%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.17, -10.89, 74.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.17, 75.69, 98.27°)
OKLab	oklab(85.12% -0.0386 0.1625)
OKLCH	oklch(85.12% 0.167 103.4)
XYZ	xyz(54.9676, 62.4861, 12.0708)
Luminance	0.6248 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2D231 #3141E2

analogous

#E27A31 #E2D231 #9AE231

triadic

#E2D231 #31E2D2 #D231E2

tetradic

#E2D231 #31E27A #3141E2 #E2319A

square

#E2D231 #31E27A #3141E2 #E2319A

split-complementary

#E2D231 #319AE2 #7A31E2

monochromatic

#867B13 #BBAD1A #E2D231 #EADE67 #F1E99C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.56

#E2D231 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.50

#E2D231 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2D231

13.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2D231	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2D231	1.00	1.56	13.50	13.50
#FFFFFF	1.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E6CB00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EBD23E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3C3B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2d231;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 210, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.1% 0.167 103.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0df77',
    500: '#e2d231',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2d231;
$custom-light: #f0df77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2d231",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.576,
    "s": 75.319,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85121,
    "c": 0.16703,
    "h": 103.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.62484
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2D231

secondary

#2B348C

accent

#47F236

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFCF2

border

#D7D5CC

text

#17150A

muted

#85847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2D231

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

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