#E2D759#E2D759

#E2D759 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.655; OKLCH L 86.4% C 0.146 H 104.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2D759
RGB	rgb(226, 215, 89)
HSL	hsl(55, 70%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(55, 61%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.9%, 60.6%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.74, -11.41, 61.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.74, 62.84, 100.46°)
OKLab	oklab(86.45% -0.0361 0.1414)
OKLCH	oklch(86.45% 0.146 104.3)
XYZ	xyz(57.4697, 65.4929, 19.0634)
Luminance	0.6549 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2D759 #5964E2

analogous

#E29259 #E2D759 #A9E259

triadic

#E2D759 #59E2D7 #D759E2

tetradic

#E2D759 #59E292 #5964E2 #E259A9

square

#E2D759 #59E292 #5964E2 #E259A9

split-complementary

#E2D759 #59A9E2 #9259E2

monochromatic

#A4991D #D8CA26 #E2D759 #EBE48D #F4F0C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.49

#E2D759 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.10

#E2D759 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2D759

14.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2D759	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2D759	1.00	1.49	14.10	14.10
#FFFFFF	1.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E8D04B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ECD660

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F2CABC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2d759;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 215, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.4% 0.146 104.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eee38d',
    500: '#e2d759',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2d759;
$custom-light: #eee38d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2d759",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 215,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.182,
    "s": 70.256,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86449,
    "c": 0.14596,
    "h": 104.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.65491
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2D759

secondary

#3942A6

accent

#23D213

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2D759

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

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