#E2D233#E2D233
#E2D233 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.625; OKLCH L 85.1% C 0.166 H 103.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E2D233 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(226, 210, 51) |
| HSL | hsl(55, 75%, 54%) |
| HSV | hsv(55, 77%, 89%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 7.1%, 77.4%, 11.4%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(83.18, -10.82, 74.32) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(83.18, 75.11, 98.28°) |
| OKLab | oklab(85.13% -0.0382 0.1616) |
| OKLCH | oklch(85.13% 0.166 103.3) |
| XYZ | xyz(55.0107, 62.5033, 12.2980) |
| Luminance | 0.6250 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Piss Yellow
#DDD618
ΔE00 2.57
Dull Yellow
#EEDC5B
ΔE00 3.65
Dirty Yellow
#CDC50A
ΔE00 4.08
Ugly Yellow
#D0C101
ΔE00 4.35
Mustard Yellow
#D2BD0A
ΔE00 5.21
Vomit Yellow
#C7C10C
ΔE00 5.22
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E2D233 #3343E2
analogous
#E27B33 #E2D233 #9BE233
triadic
#E2D233 #33E2D2 #D233E2
tetradic
#E2D233 #33E27B #3343E2 #E2339B
square
#E2D233 #33E27B #3343E2 #E2339B
split-complementary
#E2D233 #339BE2 #7B33E2
monochromatic
#877D13 #BDAE1B #E2D233 #EADE69 #F1EA9E
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.56
#E2D233 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
13.50
#E2D233 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E2D233
13.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E2D233 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E2D233 | 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)
#E5CB03
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#EAD340
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F3C3B4
Achromatopsia (no color)
#CFCFCF
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e2d233; /* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 210, 51); /* oklch */ color: oklch(85.1% 0.166 103.3);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#efdf78',
500: '#e2d233',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e2d233; $custom-light: #efdf78; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e2d233",
"rgb": {
"r": 226,
"g": 210,
"b": 51
},
"hsl": {
"h": 54.514,
"s": 75.107,
"l": 54.314
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.85131,
"c": 0.16609,
"h": 103.3
},
"luminance": 0.62501
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E2D233
secondary
#2C358D
accent
#47F236
background
#FFFEFB
surface
#FFFCF2
border
#D7D5CC
text
#17150A
muted
#85847D