#E2D656#E2D656

#E2D656 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.649; OKLCH L 86.2% C 0.147 H 104.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2D656
RGB	rgb(226, 214, 86)
HSL	hsl(55, 71%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(55, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.3%, 61.9%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.45, -11.10, 62.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.45, 63.74, 100.03°)
OKLab	oklab(86.21% -0.0356 0.1431)
OKLCH	oklch(86.21% 0.147 104)
XYZ	xyz(57.0924, 64.9359, 18.3288)
Luminance	0.6493 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2D656 #5662E2

analogous

#E29056 #E2D656 #A8E256

triadic

#E2D656 #56E2D6 #D656E2

tetradic

#E2D656 #56E290 #5662E2 #E256A8

square

#E2D656 #56E290 #5662E2 #E256A8

split-complementary

#E2D656 #56A8E2 #9056E2

monochromatic

#A2961C #D6C725 #E2D656 #EBE38A #F4EFBE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.50

#E2D656 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.99

#E2D656 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2D656

13.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2D656	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2D656	1.00	1.50	13.99	13.99
#FFFFFF	1.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E8CF47

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ECD65D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F2C8BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2d656;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 214, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.2% 0.147 104.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eee28b',
    500: '#e2d656',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2d656;
$custom-light: #eee28b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2d656",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.857,
    "s": 70.707,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86214,
    "c": 0.1474,
    "h": 104
  },
  "luminance": 0.64934
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2D656

secondary

#3841A5

accent

#23D313

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2D656

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

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