#E2D85E#E2D85E

#E2D85E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.661; OKLCH L 86.7% C 0.143 H 104.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2D85E
RGB	rgb(226, 216, 94)
HSL	hsl(55, 69%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(55, 58%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.4%, 58.4%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.04, -11.57, 59.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.04, 61.08, 100.92°)
OKLab	oklab(86.71% -0.036 0.1382)
OKLCH	oklch(86.71% 0.143 104.6)
XYZ	xyz(57.9422, 66.0906, 20.2921)
Luminance	0.6609 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2D85E #5E68E2

analogous

#E2965E #E2D85E #AAE25E

triadic

#E2D85E #5EE2D8 #D85EE2

tetradic

#E2D85E #5EE296 #5E68E2 #E25EAA

square

#E2D85E #5EE296 #5E68E2 #E25EAA

split-complementary

#E2D85E #5EAAE2 #965EE2

monochromatic

#A79D1E #D9CB2A #E2D85E #EBE592 #F5F1C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.48

#E2D85E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.22

#E2D85E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2D85E

14.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2D85E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2D85E	1.00	1.48	14.22	14.22
#FFFFFF	1.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E9D151

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EDD765

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F1CBBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2d85e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 216, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.7% 0.143 104.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eee390',
    500: '#e2d85e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2d85e;
$custom-light: #eee390;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2d85e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.455,
    "s": 69.474,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86707,
    "c": 0.14281,
    "h": 104.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.66089
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2D85E

secondary

#3B43AA

accent

#22D114

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2D85E

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

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