#E2D255#E2D255

#E2D255 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.629; OKLCH L 85.4% C 0.145 H 102.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2D255
RGB	rgb(226, 210, 85)
HSL	hsl(53, 71%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(53, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.1%, 62.4%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.40, -9.15, 62.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.40, 62.72, 98.39°)
OKLab	oklab(85.38% -0.0301 0.1414)
OKLCH	oklch(85.38% 0.145 102)
XYZ	xyz(56.0525, 62.9201, 17.7848)
Luminance	0.6292 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2D255 #5565E2

analogous

#E28B55 #E2D255 #ACE255

triadic

#E2D255 #55E2D2 #D255E2

tetradic

#E2D255 #55E28B #5565E2 #E255AC

square

#E2D255 #55E28B #5565E2 #E255AC

split-complementary

#E2D255 #55ACE2 #8B55E2

monochromatic

#A1921B #D5C124 #E2D255 #EBE089 #F4EEBE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.55

#E2D255 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.58

#E2D255 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2D255

13.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2D255	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2D255	1.00	1.55	13.58	13.58
#FFFFFF	1.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E4CC46

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D35C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F2C4B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2d255;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 210, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.4% 0.145 102.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eedf8a',
    500: '#e2d255',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2d255;
$custom-light: #eedf8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2d255",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.191,
    "s": 70.854,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85376,
    "c": 0.14458,
    "h": 102
  },
  "luminance": 0.62918
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2D255

secondary

#3744A4

accent

#28D313

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2D255

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

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