#E2D858#E2D858

#E2D858 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.660; OKLCH L 86.6% C 0.148 H 104.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2D858
RGB	rgb(226, 216, 88)
HSL	hsl(56, 70%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(56, 61%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.4%, 61.1%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.99, -11.98, 62.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.99, 63.63, 100.85°)
OKLab	oklab(86.65% -0.0378 0.1428)
OKLCH	oklch(86.65% 0.148 104.8)
XYZ	xyz(57.6834, 65.9871, 18.9289)
Luminance	0.6599 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2D858 #5862E2

analogous

#E29358 #E2D858 #A7E258

triadic

#E2D858 #58E2D8 #D858E2

tetradic

#E2D858 #58E293 #5862E2 #E258A7

square

#E2D858 #58E293 #5862E2 #E258A7

split-complementary

#E2D858 #58A7E2 #9358E2

monochromatic

#A3991C #D7CA25 #E2D858 #EBE48C #F4F0C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.48

#E2D858 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.20

#E2D858 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2D858

14.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2D858	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2D858	1.00	1.48	14.20	14.20
#FFFFFF	1.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E9D149

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EDD75F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F2CBBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2d858;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 216, 88);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.6% 0.148 104.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eee38c',
    500: '#e2d858',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2d858;
$custom-light: #eee38c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2d858",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 88
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.652,
    "s": 70.408,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86648,
    "c": 0.1477,
    "h": 104.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.65985
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2D858

secondary

#3840A6

accent

#21D213

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2D858

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

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