#E2D556#E2D556

#E2D556 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.644; OKLCH L 86.0% C 0.146 H 103.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2D556
RGB	rgb(226, 213, 86)
HSL	hsl(54, 71%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(54, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.8%, 61.9%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.19, -10.60, 62.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.19, 63.37, 99.63°)
OKLab	oklab(86.01% -0.0341 0.1425)
OKLCH	oklch(86.01% 0.146 103.5)
XYZ	xyz(56.8401, 64.4313, 18.2447)
Luminance	0.6443 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2D556 #5663E2

analogous

#E28F56 #E2D556 #A9E256

triadic

#E2D556 #56E2D5 #D556E2

tetradic

#E2D556 #56E28F #5663E2 #E256A9

square

#E2D556 #56E28F #5663E2 #E256A9

split-complementary

#E2D556 #56A9E2 #8F56E2

monochromatic

#A2951C #D6C625 #E2D556 #EBE28A #F4EFBE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.51

#E2D556 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.89

#E2D556 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2D556

13.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2D556	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2D556	1.00	1.51	13.89	13.89
#FFFFFF	1.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E7CE47

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EBD55D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F2C7BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2d556;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 213, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.0% 0.146 103.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eee18b',
    500: '#e2d556',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2d556;
$custom-light: #eee18b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2d556",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.429,
    "s": 70.707,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86006,
    "c": 0.14649,
    "h": 103.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.64429
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2D556

secondary

#3842A5

accent

#25D313

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2D556

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

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