#E2D550#E2D550
#E2D550 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.643; OKLCH L 86.0% C 0.151 H 103.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E2D550 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(226, 213, 80) |
| HSL | hsl(55, 72%, 60%) |
| HSV | hsv(55, 65%, 89%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 5.8%, 64.6%, 11.4%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(84.14, -10.97, 64.91) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(84.14, 65.83, 99.59°) |
| OKLab | oklab(85.95% -0.0358 0.1467) |
| OKLCH | oklch(85.95% 0.151 103.7) |
| XYZ | xyz(56.6084, 64.3386, 17.0246) |
| Luminance | 0.6434 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Dull Yellow
#EEDC5B
ΔE00 2.25
Piss Yellow
#DDD618
ΔE00 3.94
Sand Yellow
#FCE166
ΔE00 5.01
Dirty Yellow
#CDC50A
ΔE00 5.32
Yellowish
#FAEE66
ΔE00 5.52
Sandy
#F1DA7A
ΔE00 5.64
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E2D550 #505DE2
analogous
#E28C50 #E2D550 #A6E250
triadic
#E2D550 #50E2D5 #D550E2
tetradic
#E2D550 #50E28C #505DE2 #E250A6
square
#E2D550 #50E28C #505DE2 #E250A6
split-complementary
#E2D550 #50A6E2 #8C50E2
monochromatic
#9E921A #D2C223 #E2D550 #EBE284 #F3EEB9
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.51
#E2D550 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
13.87
#E2D550 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E2D550
13.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E2D550 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E2D550 | 1.00 | 1.51 | 13.87 | 13.87 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.51 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 13.87 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 13.87 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#E7CE3F
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#EBD558
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F2C7B9
Achromatopsia (no color)
#D2D2D2
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e2d550; /* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 213, 80); /* oklch */ color: oklch(86.0% 0.151 103.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#eee187',
500: '#e2d550',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e2d550; $custom-light: #eee187; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e2d550",
"rgb": {
"r": 226,
"g": 213,
"b": 80
},
"hsl": {
"h": 54.658,
"s": 71.569,
"l": 60
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.85953,
"c": 0.15104,
"h": 103.7
},
"luminance": 0.64336
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E2D550
secondary
#353FA1
accent
#4AEE39
background
#FFFEFC
surface
#FEFCF4
border
#D6D5CE
text
#17150C
muted
#85847F