#E2D655#E2D655

#E2D655 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.649; OKLCH L 86.2% C 0.148 H 104.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2D655
RGB	rgb(226, 214, 85)
HSL	hsl(55, 71%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(55, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.3%, 62.4%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.44, -11.17, 63.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.44, 64.15, 100.02°)
OKLab	oklab(86.2% -0.0358 0.1438)
OKLCH	oklch(86.2% 0.148 104)
XYZ	xyz(57.0524, 64.9199, 18.1181)
Luminance	0.6492 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2D655 #5561E2

analogous

#E28F55 #E2D655 #A7E255

triadic

#E2D655 #55E2D6 #D655E2

tetradic

#E2D655 #55E28F #5561E2 #E255A7

square

#E2D655 #55E28F #5561E2 #E255A7

split-complementary

#E2D655 #55A7E2 #8F55E2

monochromatic

#A1961B #D5C624 #E2D655 #EBE389 #F4EFBE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.50

#E2D655 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.98

#E2D655 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2D655

13.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2D655	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2D655	1.00	1.50	13.98	13.98
#FFFFFF	1.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E8CF45

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ECD65C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F2C8BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2d655;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 214, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.2% 0.148 104.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eee28a',
    500: '#e2d655',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2d655;
$custom-light: #eee28a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2d655",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.894,
    "s": 70.854,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86204,
    "c": 0.14818,
    "h": 104
  },
  "luminance": 0.64918
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2D655

secondary

#3740A4

accent

#23D313

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2D655

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

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