#E2D94E#E2D94E

#E2D94E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.663; OKLCH L 86.8% C 0.156 H 105.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2D94E
RGB	rgb(226, 217, 78)
HSL	hsl(56, 72%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(56, 65%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4%, 65.5%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.17, -13.08, 66.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.17, 68.05, 101.08°)
OKLab	oklab(86.77% -0.042 0.1504)
OKLCH	oklch(86.77% 0.156 105.6)
XYZ	xyz(57.5542, 66.3466, 16.9807)
Luminance	0.6634 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2D94E #4E57E2

analogous

#E28F4E #E2D94E #A1E24E

triadic

#E2D94E #4EE2D9 #D94EE2

tetradic

#E2D94E #4EE28F #4E57E2 #E24EA1

square

#E2D94E #4EE28F #4E57E2 #E24EA1

split-complementary

#E2D94E #4EA1E2 #8F4EE2

monochromatic

#9C941A #D1C622 #E2D94E #EBE483 #F3F0B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.47

#E2D94E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.27

#E2D94E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2D94E

14.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2D94E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2D94E	1.00	1.47	14.27	14.27
#FFFFFF	1.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EBD13B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EFD857

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F2CBBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2d94e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 217, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.8% 0.156 105.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eee487',
    500: '#e2d94e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2d94e;
$custom-light: #eee487;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2d94e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.351,
    "s": 71.845,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86768,
    "c": 0.15613,
    "h": 105.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.66345
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2D94E

secondary

#353B9F

accent

#44EF39

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2D94E

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

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