#E2D439#E2D439

#E2D439 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.636; OKLCH L 85.6% C 0.165 H 104.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2D439
RGB	rgb(226, 212, 57)
HSL	hsl(55, 74%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(55, 75%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.2%, 74.8%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.73, -11.59, 72.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.73, 73.87, 99.03°)
OKLab	oklab(85.58% -0.0399 0.1598)
OKLCH	oklch(85.58% 0.165 104)
XYZ	xyz(55.6485, 63.5534, 13.2059)
Luminance	0.6355 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2D439 #3947E2

analogous

#E28039 #E2D439 #9BE239

triadic

#E2D439 #39E2D4 #D439E2

tetradic

#E2D439 #39E280 #3947E2 #E2399B

square

#E2D439 #39E280 #3947E2 #E2399B

split-complementary

#E2D439 #399BE2 #8039E2

monochromatic

#8C8215 #C1B41C #E2D439 #EAE06E #F2EBA4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.53

#E2D439 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.71

#E2D439 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2D439

13.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2D439	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2D439	1.00	1.53	13.71	13.71
#FFFFFF	1.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E7CD17

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ECD445

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3C5B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2d439;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 212, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.6% 0.165 104.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efe07b',
    500: '#e2d439',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2d439;
$custom-light: #efe07b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2d439",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.03,
    "s": 74.449,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8558,
    "c": 0.16473,
    "h": 104
  },
  "luminance": 0.63551
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2D439

secondary

#2E3691

accent

#46F137

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFCF2

border

#D7D5CC

text

#17150A

muted

#85847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2D439

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

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