#E2D555#E2D555

#E2D555 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.644; OKLCH L 86.0% C 0.147 H 103.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2D555
RGB	rgb(226, 213, 85)
HSL	hsl(54, 71%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(54, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.8%, 62.4%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.18, -10.66, 62.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.18, 63.79, 99.62°)
OKLab	oklab(86% -0.0344 0.1432)
OKLCH	oklch(86% 0.147 103.5)
XYZ	xyz(56.8001, 64.4153, 18.0340)
Luminance	0.6441 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2D555 #5562E2

analogous

#E28E55 #E2D555 #A8E255

triadic

#E2D555 #55E2D5 #D555E2

tetradic

#E2D555 #55E28E #5562E2 #E255A8

square

#E2D555 #55E28E #5562E2 #E255A8

split-complementary

#E2D555 #55A8E2 #8E55E2

monochromatic

#A1951B #D5C524 #E2D555 #EBE289 #F4EFBE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.51

#E2D555 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.88

#E2D555 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2D555

13.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2D555	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2D555	1.00	1.51	13.88	13.88
#FFFFFF	1.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E7CE46

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EBD55C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F2C7BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2d555;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 213, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.0% 0.147 103.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eee18a',
    500: '#e2d555',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2d555;
$custom-light: #eee18a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2d555",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.468,
    "s": 70.854,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85997,
    "c": 0.14727,
    "h": 103.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.64413
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2D555

secondary

#3741A4

accent

#24D313

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2D555

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

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