#E2D779#E2D779

#E2D779 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.661; OKLCH L 86.8% C 0.116 H 102.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2D779
RGB	rgb(226, 215, 121)
HSL	hsl(54, 64%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(54, 46%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.9%, 46.5%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.07, -8.86, 47.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.07, 48.30, 100.57°)
OKLab	oklab(86.83% -0.0254 0.1137)
OKLCH	oklch(86.83% 0.116 102.6)
XYZ	xyz(59.1171, 66.1519, 27.7400)
Luminance	0.6615 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2D779 #7984E2

analogous

#E2A279 #E2D779 #B8E279

triadic

#E2D779 #79E2D7 #D779E2

tetradic

#E2D779 #79E2A2 #7984E2 #E279B8

square

#E2D779 #79E2A2 #7984E2 #E279B8

split-complementary

#E2D779 #79B8E2 #A279E2

monochromatic

#B9A928 #D7C847 #E2D779 #EDE6AB #F8F5DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.48

#E2D779 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.23

#E2D779 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2D779

14.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2D779	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2D779	1.00	1.48	14.23	14.23
#FFFFFF	1.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E6D171

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EAD77D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F0CCC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2d779;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 215, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.8% 0.116 102.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ede3a1',
    500: '#e2d779',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2d779;
$custom-light: #ede3a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2d779",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 215,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.714,
    "s": 64.417,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86826,
    "c": 0.11649,
    "h": 102.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.6615
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2D779

secondary

#4652B9

accent

#2CCC19

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#17150F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2D779

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

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