#E2D249#E2D249

#E2D249 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.627; OKLCH L 85.3% C 0.153 H 102.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2D249
RGB	rgb(226, 210, 73)
HSL	hsl(54, 73%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(54, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.1%, 67.7%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.31, -9.85, 66.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.31, 67.55, 98.38°)
OKLab	oklab(85.27% -0.0334 0.1497)
OKLCH	oklch(85.27% 0.153 102.6)
XYZ	xyz(55.6156, 62.7453, 15.4836)
Luminance	0.6274 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2D249 #4959E2

analogous

#E28549 #E2D249 #A6E249

triadic

#E2D249 #49E2D2 #D249E2

tetradic

#E2D249 #49E285 #4959E2 #E249A6

square

#E2D249 #49E285 #4959E2 #E249A6

split-complementary

#E2D249 #49A6E2 #8549E2

monochromatic

#988B18 #CDBB21 #E2D249 #EADF7E #F3ECB3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.55

#E2D249 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.55

#E2D249 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2D249

13.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2D249	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2D249	1.00	1.55	13.55	13.55
#FFFFFF	1.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E5CB35

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EAD351

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3C4B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2d249;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 210, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.3% 0.153 102.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efdf83',
    500: '#e2d249',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2d249;
$custom-light: #efdf83;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2d249",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.725,
    "s": 72.512,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85274,
    "c": 0.15334,
    "h": 102.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.62743
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2D249

secondary

#333E9C

accent

#4CEF39

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFCF2

border

#D6D5CC

text

#17150B

muted

#85847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2D249

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

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