#E2D557#E2D557

#E2D557 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.644; OKLCH L 86.0% C 0.146 H 103.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2D557
RGB	rgb(226, 213, 87)
HSL	hsl(54, 71%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(54, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.8%, 61.5%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.20, -10.54, 62.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.20, 62.95, 99.63°)
OKLab	oklab(86.02% -0.0338 0.1417)
OKLCH	oklch(86.02% 0.146 103.4)
XYZ	xyz(56.8807, 64.4475, 18.4584)
Luminance	0.6444 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2D557 #5764E2

analogous

#E29057 #E2D557 #AAE257

triadic

#E2D557 #57E2D5 #D557E2

tetradic

#E2D557 #57E290 #5764E2 #E257AA

square

#E2D557 #57E290 #5764E2 #E257AA

split-complementary

#E2D557 #57AAE2 #9057E2

monochromatic

#A3961C #D7C625 #E2D557 #EBE28B #F4EFBF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.51

#E2D557 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.89

#E2D557 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2D557

13.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2D557	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2D557	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)

#E7CE48

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EBD55E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F2C7BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2d557;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 213, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.0% 0.146 103.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eee18b',
    500: '#e2d557',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2d557;
$custom-light: #eee18b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2d557",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.388,
    "s": 70.558,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86016,
    "c": 0.1457,
    "h": 103.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.64445
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2D557

secondary

#3842A5

accent

#25D313

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2D557

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

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