#E2D855#E2D855

#E2D855 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.659; OKLCH L 86.6% C 0.150 H 104.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2D855
RGB	rgb(226, 216, 85)
HSL	hsl(56, 71%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(56, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.4%, 62.4%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.97, -12.17, 63.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.97, 64.88, 100.81°)
OKLab	oklab(86.62% -0.0387 0.145)
OKLCH	oklch(86.62% 0.15 104.9)
XYZ	xyz(57.5617, 65.9384, 18.2879)
Luminance	0.6594 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2D855 #555FE2

analogous

#E29155 #E2D855 #A5E255

triadic

#E2D855 #55E2D8 #D855E2

tetradic

#E2D855 #55E291 #555FE2 #E255A5

square

#E2D855 #55E291 #555FE2 #E255A5

split-complementary

#E2D855 #55A5E2 #9155E2

monochromatic

#A1981B #D5C924 #E2D855 #EBE489 #F4F0BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.48

#E2D855 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.19

#E2D855 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2D855

14.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2D855	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2D855	1.00	1.48	14.19	14.19
#FFFFFF	1.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EAD145

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EDD75D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F2CABD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2d855;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 216, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.6% 0.150 104.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eee38a',
    500: '#e2d855',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2d855;
$custom-light: #eee38a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2d855",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.745,
    "s": 70.854,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8662,
    "c": 0.15004,
    "h": 104.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.65936
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2D855

secondary

#373FA4

accent

#20D313

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2D855

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

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