#E2D849#E2D849

#E2D849 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.658; OKLCH L 86.5% C 0.159 H 105.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2D849
RGB	rgb(226, 216, 73)
HSL	hsl(56, 73%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(56, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.4%, 67.7%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.88, -12.85, 68.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.88, 69.61, 100.64°)
OKLab	oklab(86.52% -0.0419 0.153)
OKLCH	oklch(86.52% 0.159 105.3)
XYZ	xyz(57.1247, 65.7636, 15.9866)
Luminance	0.6576 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2D849 #4953E2

analogous

#E28B49 #E2D849 #A0E249

triadic

#E2D849 #49E2D8 #D849E2

tetradic

#E2D849 #49E28B #4953E2 #E249A0

square

#E2D849 #49E28B #4953E2 #E249A0

split-complementary

#E2D849 #49A0E2 #8B49E2

monochromatic

#989018 #CDC221 #E2D849 #EAE37E #F3EFB3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.48

#E2D849 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.15

#E2D849 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2D849

14.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2D849	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2D849	1.00	1.48	14.15	14.15
#FFFFFF	1.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EAD034

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EED752

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F2CABB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2d849;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 216, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.5% 0.159 105.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efe384',
    500: '#e2d849',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2d849;
$custom-light: #efe384;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2d849",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.078,
    "s": 72.512,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8652,
    "c": 0.15865,
    "h": 105.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.65762
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2D849

secondary

#333A9C

accent

#45EF39

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFCF2

border

#D6D5CC

text

#17150B

muted

#85847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2D849

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

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