#E2D549#E2D549

#E2D549 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.642; OKLCH L 85.9% C 0.156 H 104.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2D549
RGB	rgb(226, 213, 73)
HSL	hsl(55, 73%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(55, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.8%, 67.7%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.09, -11.36, 67.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.09, 68.57, 99.53°)
OKLab	oklab(85.9% -0.0377 0.1513)
OKLCH	oklch(85.9% 0.156 104)
XYZ	xyz(56.3632, 64.2405, 15.7328)
Luminance	0.6424 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2D549 #4956E2

analogous

#E28849 #E2D549 #A2E249

triadic

#E2D549 #49E2D5 #D549E2

tetradic

#E2D549 #49E288 #4956E2 #E249A2

square

#E2D549 #49E288 #4956E2 #E249A2

split-complementary

#E2D549 #49A2E2 #8849E2

monochromatic

#988D18 #CDBE21 #E2D549 #EAE17E #F3EDB3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.52

#E2D549 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.85

#E2D549 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2D549

13.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2D549	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2D549	1.00	1.52	13.85	13.85
#FFFFFF	1.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E7CE35

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ECD552

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F2C7B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2d549;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 213, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.9% 0.156 104.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efe183',
    500: '#e2d549',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2d549;
$custom-light: #efe183;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2d549",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.902,
    "s": 72.512,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85896,
    "c": 0.15596,
    "h": 104
  },
  "luminance": 0.64238
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2D549

secondary

#333C9C

accent

#48EF39

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFCF2

border

#D6D5CC

text

#17150B

muted

#85847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2D549

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

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