#E2D859#E2D859

#E2D859 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.660; OKLCH L 86.7% C 0.147 H 104.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2D859
RGB	rgb(226, 216, 89)
HSL	hsl(56, 70%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(56, 61%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.4%, 60.6%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.00, -11.91, 62.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.00, 63.21, 100.86°)
OKLab	oklab(86.66% -0.0375 0.142)
OKLCH	oklch(86.66% 0.147 104.8)
XYZ	xyz(57.7251, 66.0038, 19.1485)
Luminance	0.6600 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2D859 #5963E2

analogous

#E29359 #E2D859 #A8E259

triadic

#E2D859 #59E2D8 #D859E2

tetradic

#E2D859 #59E293 #5963E2 #E259A8

square

#E2D859 #59E293 #5963E2 #E259A8

split-complementary

#E2D859 #59A8E2 #9359E2

monochromatic

#A49A1D #D8CB26 #E2D859 #EBE48D #F4F0C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.48

#E2D859 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.20

#E2D859 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2D859

14.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2D859	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2D859	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)

#E9D14A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EDD760

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F2CBBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2d859;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 216, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.7% 0.147 104.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eee38d',
    500: '#e2d859',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2d859;
$custom-light: #eee38d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2d859",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.62,
    "s": 70.256,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86657,
    "c": 0.14691,
    "h": 104.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.66002
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2D859

secondary

#3941A6

accent

#21D213

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2D859

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

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