#E2D857#E2D857

#E2D857 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.660; OKLCH L 86.6% C 0.148 H 104.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2D857
RGB	rgb(226, 216, 87)
HSL	hsl(56, 71%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(56, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.4%, 61.5%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.98, -12.04, 62.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.98, 64.05, 100.83°)
OKLab	oklab(86.64% -0.0381 0.1435)
OKLCH	oklch(86.64% 0.148 104.9)
XYZ	xyz(57.6422, 65.9706, 18.7122)
Luminance	0.6597 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2D857 #5761E2

analogous

#E29357 #E2D857 #A7E257

triadic

#E2D857 #57E2D8 #D857E2

tetradic

#E2D857 #57E293 #5761E2 #E257A7

square

#E2D857 #57E293 #5761E2 #E257A7

split-complementary

#E2D857 #57A7E2 #9357E2

monochromatic

#A3991C #D7CA25 #E2D857 #EBE48B #F4F0BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.48

#E2D857 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.19

#E2D857 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2D857

14.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2D857	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2D857	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)

#EAD148

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EDD75E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F2CABD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2d857;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 216, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.6% 0.148 104.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eee38c',
    500: '#e2d857',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2d857;
$custom-light: #eee38c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2d857",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.683,
    "s": 70.558,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86638,
    "c": 0.14849,
    "h": 104.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.65969
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2D857

secondary

#3840A5

accent

#21D313

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2D857

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

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