#E2D591#E2D591

#E2D591 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.658; OKLCH L 86.8% C 0.088 H 98.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2D591
RGB	rgb(226, 213, 145)
HSL	hsl(50, 58%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(50, 36%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.8%, 35.8%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.90, -5.34, 35.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.90, 35.67, 98.60°)
OKLab	oklab(86.8% -0.0133 0.0872)
OKLCH	oklch(86.8% 0.088 98.7)
XYZ	xyz(60.2700, 65.8032, 36.3090)
Luminance	0.6580 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2D591 #919EE2

analogous

#E2AC91 #E2D591 #C7E291

triadic

#E2D591 #91E2D5 #D591E2

tetradic

#E2D591 #91E2AC #919EE2 #E291C7

square

#E2D591 #91E2AC #919EE2 #E291C7

split-complementary

#E2D591 #91C7E2 #AC91E2

monochromatic

#C5AD34 #D5C361 #E2D591 #EFE7C1 #F9F6E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.48

#E2D591 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.16

#E2D591 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2D591

14.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2D591	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2D591	1.00	1.48	14.16	14.16
#FFFFFF	1.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E2D18C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D693

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EECCC4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2d591;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 213, 145);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.8% 0.088 98.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ece1b2',
    500: '#e2d591',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2d591;
$custom-light: #ece1b2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2d591",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 145
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.37,
    "s": 58.273,
    "l": 72.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86795,
    "c": 0.08821,
    "h": 98.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.65802
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2D591

secondary

#5D6CBB

accent

#3AC620

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFCF7

border

#D6D5D0

text

#161511

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2D591

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

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