#E2D831#E2D831

#E2D831 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.655; OKLCH L 86.4% C 0.172 H 105.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2D831
RGB	rgb(226, 216, 49)
HSL	hsl(57, 75%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(57, 78%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.4%, 78.3%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.74, -13.88, 76.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.74, 77.55, 100.31°)
OKLab	oklab(86.37% -0.047 0.1655)
OKLCH	oklch(86.37% 0.172 105.8)
XYZ	xyz(56.4767, 65.5044, 12.5738)
Luminance	0.6550 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2D831 #313BE2

analogous

#E28031 #E2D831 #94E231

triadic

#E2D831 #31E2D8 #D831E2

tetradic

#E2D831 #31E280 #313BE2 #E23194

square

#E2D831 #31E280 #313BE2 #E23194

split-complementary

#E2D831 #3194E2 #8031E2

monochromatic

#867F13 #BBB21A #E2D831 #EAE267 #F1EC9C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.49

#E2D831 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.10

#E2D831 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2D831

14.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2D831	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2D831	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)

#EBD000

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EFD73F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3C9B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2d831;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 216, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.4% 0.172 105.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efe378',
    500: '#e2d831',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2d831;
$custom-light: #efe378;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2d831",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.61,
    "s": 75.319,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86372,
    "c": 0.17205,
    "h": 105.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.65502
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2D831

secondary

#2B318C

accent

#41F236

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFCF2

border

#D7D5CC

text

#17150A

muted

#85847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2D831

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

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