#E2D491#E2D491

#E2D491 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.653; OKLCH L 86.6% C 0.087 H 97.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2D491
RGB	rgb(226, 212, 145)
HSL	hsl(50, 58%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(50, 36%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.2%, 35.8%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.64, -4.82, 34.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.64, 35.26, 97.86°)
OKLab	oklab(86.59% -0.0118 0.0864)
OKLCH	oklch(86.59% 0.087 97.8)
XYZ	xyz(60.0193, 65.3017, 36.2254)
Luminance	0.6530 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2D491 #919FE2

analogous

#E2AC91 #E2D491 #C7E291

triadic

#E2D491 #91E2D4 #D491E2

tetradic

#E2D491 #91E2AC #919FE2 #E291C7

square

#E2D491 #91E2AC #919FE2 #E291C7

split-complementary

#E2D491 #91C7E2 #AC91E2

monochromatic

#C5AC34 #D5C161 #E2D491 #EFE7C1 #F9F6E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.49

#E2D491 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.06

#E2D491 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2D491

14.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2D491	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2D491	1.00	1.49	14.06	14.06
#FFFFFF	1.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E1D08C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5D693

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EECBC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2d491;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 212, 145);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.6% 0.087 97.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ece1b2',
    500: '#e2d491',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2d491;
$custom-light: #ece1b2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2d491",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 145
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.63,
    "s": 58.273,
    "l": 72.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86592,
    "c": 0.08722,
    "h": 97.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.653
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2D491

secondary

#5D6DBB

accent

#3CC620

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFCF7

border

#D6D5D0

text

#161511

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2D491

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

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