#E2D261#E2D261

#E2D261 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.631; OKLCH L 85.5% C 0.135 H 101.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2D261
RGB	rgb(226, 210, 97)
HSL	hsl(53, 69%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(53, 57%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.1%, 57.1%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.51, -8.33, 56.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.51, 57.52, 98.33°)
OKLab	oklab(85.5% -0.0264 0.132)
OKLCH	oklch(85.5% 0.135 101.3)
XYZ	xyz(56.5703, 63.1272, 20.5119)
Luminance	0.6312 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2D261 #6171E2

analogous

#E29161 #E2D261 #B1E261

triadic

#E2D261 #61E2D2 #D261E2

tetradic

#E2D261 #61E291 #6171E2 #E261B1

square

#E2D261 #61E291 #6171E2 #E261B1

split-complementary

#E2D261 #61B1E2 #9161E2

monochromatic

#A9981F #D9C32D #E2D261 #EBE195 #F5EFC8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.54

#E2D261 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.63

#E2D261 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2D261

13.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2D261	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2D261	1.00	1.54	13.63	13.63
#FFFFFF	1.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E3CC55

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8D367

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F2C5B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2d261;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 210, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.5% 0.135 101.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eedf91',
    500: '#e2d261',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2d261;
$custom-light: #eedf91;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2d261",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.558,
    "s": 68.984,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85498,
    "c": 0.13464,
    "h": 101.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.63125
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2D261

secondary

#3C4AAB

accent

#2CD115

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2D261

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

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