#E2D256#E2D256

#E2D256 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.629; OKLCH L 85.4% C 0.144 H 102.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2D256
RGB	rgb(226, 210, 86)
HSL	hsl(53, 71%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(53, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.1%, 61.9%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.41, -9.09, 61.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.41, 62.30, 98.39°)
OKLab	oklab(85.39% -0.0298 0.1407)
OKLCH	oklch(85.39% 0.144 102)
XYZ	xyz(56.0925, 62.9361, 17.9955)
Luminance	0.6293 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2D256 #5666E2

analogous

#E28C56 #E2D256 #ACE256

triadic

#E2D256 #56E2D2 #D256E2

tetradic

#E2D256 #56E28C #5666E2 #E256AC

square

#E2D256 #56E28C #5666E2 #E256AC

split-complementary

#E2D256 #56ACE2 #8C56E2

monochromatic

#A2931C #D6C225 #E2D256 #EBE08A #F4EEBE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.55

#E2D256 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.59

#E2D256 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2D256

13.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2D256	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2D256	1.00	1.55	13.59	13.59
#FFFFFF	1.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E4CC48

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D35D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F2C4B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2d256;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 210, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.4% 0.144 102.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eedf8b',
    500: '#e2d256',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2d256;
$custom-light: #eedf8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2d256",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.143,
    "s": 70.707,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85386,
    "c": 0.1438,
    "h": 102
  },
  "luminance": 0.62934
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2D256

secondary

#3844A5

accent

#29D313

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2D256

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

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