#E2D85B#E2D85B

#E2D85B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.660; OKLCH L 86.7% C 0.145 H 104.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2D85B
RGB	rgb(226, 216, 91)
HSL	hsl(56, 70%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(56, 60%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.4%, 59.7%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.02, -11.78, 61.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.02, 62.37, 100.89°)
OKLab	oklab(86.68% -0.0369 0.1405)
OKLCH	oklch(86.68% 0.145 104.7)
XYZ	xyz(57.8102, 66.0378, 19.5969)
Luminance	0.6604 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2D85B #5B65E2

analogous

#E2955B #E2D85B #A8E25B

triadic

#E2D85B #5BE2D8 #D85BE2

tetradic

#E2D85B #5BE295 #5B65E2 #E25BA8

square

#E2D85B #5BE295 #5B65E2 #E25BA8

split-complementary

#E2D85B #5BA8E2 #955BE2

monochromatic

#A59B1D #D9CC27 #E2D85B #EBE48F #F4F1C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.48

#E2D85B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.21

#E2D85B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2D85B

14.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2D85B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2D85B	1.00	1.48	14.21	14.21
#FFFFFF	1.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E9D14D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EDD762

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F1CBBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2d85b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 216, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.7% 0.145 104.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eee38e',
    500: '#e2d85b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2d85b;
$custom-light: #eee38e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2d85b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.556,
    "s": 69.948,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86677,
    "c": 0.14528,
    "h": 104.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.66036
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2D85B

secondary

#3942A8

accent

#22D214

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2D85B

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

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