#E2D856#E2D856

#E2D856 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.660; OKLCH L 86.6% C 0.149 H 104.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2D856
RGB	rgb(226, 216, 86)
HSL	hsl(56, 71%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(56, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.4%, 61.9%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.97, -12.10, 63.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.97, 64.47, 100.82°)
OKLab	oklab(86.63% -0.0384 0.1442)
OKLCH	oklch(86.63% 0.149 104.9)
XYZ	xyz(57.6017, 65.9544, 18.4986)
Luminance	0.6595 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2D856 #5660E2

analogous

#E29256 #E2D856 #A6E256

triadic

#E2D856 #56E2D8 #D856E2

tetradic

#E2D856 #56E292 #5660E2 #E256A6

square

#E2D856 #56E292 #5660E2 #E256A6

split-complementary

#E2D856 #56A6E2 #9256E2

monochromatic

#A2981C #D6C925 #E2D856 #EBE48A #F4F0BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.48

#E2D856 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.19

#E2D856 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2D856

14.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2D856	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2D856	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)

#EAD146

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EDD75D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F2CABD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2d856;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 216, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.6% 0.149 104.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eee38b',
    500: '#e2d856',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2d856;
$custom-light: #eee38b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2d856",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.714,
    "s": 70.707,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86629,
    "c": 0.14927,
    "h": 104.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.65952
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2D856

secondary

#383FA5

accent

#20D313

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2D856

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

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