#E2D257#E2D257

#E2D257 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.629; OKLCH L 85.4% C 0.143 H 101.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2D257
RGB	rgb(226, 210, 87)
HSL	hsl(53, 71%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(53, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.1%, 61.5%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.42, -9.02, 61.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.42, 61.88, 98.39°)
OKLab	oklab(85.4% -0.0295 0.1399)
OKLCH	oklch(85.4% 0.143 101.9)
XYZ	xyz(56.1331, 62.9523, 18.2092)
Luminance	0.6295 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2D257 #5767E2

analogous

#E28D57 #E2D257 #ACE257

triadic

#E2D257 #57E2D2 #D257E2

tetradic

#E2D257 #57E28D #5767E2 #E257AC

square

#E2D257 #57E28D #5767E2 #E257AC

split-complementary

#E2D257 #57ACE2 #8D57E2

monochromatic

#A3931C #D7C225 #E2D257 #EBE08B #F4EEBF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.55

#E2D257 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.59

#E2D257 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2D257

13.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2D257	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2D257	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)

#E4CC49

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D35E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F2C4B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2d257;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 210, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.4% 0.143 101.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eedf8b',
    500: '#e2d257',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2d257;
$custom-light: #eedf8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2d257",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.094,
    "s": 70.558,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85395,
    "c": 0.143,
    "h": 101.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.6295
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2D257

secondary

#3845A5

accent

#29D313

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2D257

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

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