#E2D259#E2D259

#E2D259 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.630; OKLCH L 85.4% C 0.141 H 101.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2D259
RGB	rgb(226, 210, 89)
HSL	hsl(53, 70%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(53, 61%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.1%, 60.6%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.43, -8.89, 60.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.43, 61.03, 98.38°)
OKLab	oklab(85.42% -0.0289 0.1384)
OKLCH	oklch(85.42% 0.141 101.8)
XYZ	xyz(56.2159, 62.9854, 18.6455)
Luminance	0.6298 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2D259 #5969E2

analogous

#E28E59 #E2D259 #ADE259

triadic

#E2D259 #59E2D2 #D259E2

tetradic

#E2D259 #59E28E #5969E2 #E259AD

square

#E2D259 #59E28E #5969E2 #E259AD

split-complementary

#E2D259 #59ADE2 #8E59E2

monochromatic

#A4941D #D8C326 #E2D259 #EBE08D #F4EEC1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.54

#E2D259 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.60

#E2D259 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2D259

13.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2D259	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2D259	1.00	1.54	13.60	13.60
#FFFFFF	1.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E4CC4B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D35F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F2C4B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2d259;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 210, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.4% 0.141 101.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eedf8c',
    500: '#e2d259',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2d259;
$custom-light: #eedf8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2d259",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.993,
    "s": 70.256,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85415,
    "c": 0.14139,
    "h": 101.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.62983
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2D259

secondary

#3946A6

accent

#2AD213

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2D259

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

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