#E2D85A#E2D85A

#E2D85A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.660; OKLCH L 86.7% C 0.146 H 104.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2D85A
RGB	rgb(226, 216, 90)
HSL	hsl(56, 70%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(56, 60%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.4%, 60.2%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.01, -11.84, 61.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.01, 62.79, 100.87°)
OKLab	oklab(86.67% -0.0372 0.1413)
OKLCH	oklch(86.67% 0.146 104.8)
XYZ	xyz(57.7674, 66.0207, 19.3712)
Luminance	0.6602 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2D85A #5A64E2

analogous

#E2945A #E2D85A #A8E25A

triadic

#E2D85A #5AE2D8 #D85AE2

tetradic

#E2D85A #5AE294 #5A64E2 #E25AA8

square

#E2D85A #5AE294 #5A64E2 #E25AA8

split-complementary

#E2D85A #5AA8E2 #945AE2

monochromatic

#A59B1D #D9CC26 #E2D85A #EBE48E #F4F1C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.48

#E2D85A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.20

#E2D85A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2D85A

14.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2D85A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2D85A	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)

#E9D14C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EDD761

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F2CBBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2d85a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 216, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.7% 0.146 104.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eee38d',
    500: '#e2d85a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2d85a;
$custom-light: #eee38d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2d85a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.588,
    "s": 70.103,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86667,
    "c": 0.1461,
    "h": 104.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.66019
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2D85A

secondary

#3941A7

accent

#21D213

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2D85A

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

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