#E2D451#E2D451

#E2D451 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.638; OKLCH L 85.8% C 0.149 H 103.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2D451
RGB	rgb(226, 212, 81)
HSL	hsl(54, 71%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(54, 64%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.2%, 64.2%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.89, -10.41, 64.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.89, 65.08, 99.20°)
OKLab	oklab(85.75% -0.0341 0.1455)
OKLCH	oklch(85.75% 0.149 103.2)
XYZ	xyz(56.3949, 63.8520, 17.1371)
Luminance	0.6385 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2D451 #515FE2

analogous

#E28B51 #E2D451 #A7E251

triadic

#E2D451 #51E2D4 #D451E2

tetradic

#E2D451 #51E28B #515FE2 #E251A7

square

#E2D451 #51E28B #515FE2 #E251A7

split-complementary

#E2D451 #51A7E2 #8B51E2

monochromatic

#9E911A #D3C223 #E2D451 #EBE185 #F3EEBA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.53

#E2D451 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.77

#E2D451 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2D451

13.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2D451	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2D451	1.00	1.53	13.77	13.77
#FFFFFF	1.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E6CD40

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EBD459

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F2C6B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2d451;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 212, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.8% 0.149 103.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eee088',
    500: '#e2d451',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2d451;
$custom-light: #eee088;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2d451",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.207,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85754,
    "c": 0.1494,
    "h": 103.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.6385
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2D451

secondary

#3640A1

accent

#25D312

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2D451

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

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