#E2D94F#E2D94F

#E2D94F is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.664; OKLCH L 86.8% C 0.155 H 105.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2D94F
RGB	rgb(226, 217, 79)
HSL	hsl(56, 72%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(56, 65%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4%, 65%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.18, -13.02, 66.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.18, 67.66, 101.10°)
OKLab	oklab(86.78% -0.0418 0.1497)
OKLCH	oklch(86.78% 0.155 105.6)
XYZ	xyz(57.5903, 66.3610, 17.1710)
Luminance	0.6636 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2D94F #4F58E2

analogous

#E2904F #E2D94F #A1E24F

triadic

#E2D94F #4FE2D9 #D94FE2

tetradic

#E2D94F #4FE290 #4F58E2 #E24FA1

square

#E2D94F #4FE290 #4F58E2 #E24FA1

split-complementary

#E2D94F #4FA1E2 #904FE2

monochromatic

#9D951A #D1C722 #E2D94F #EBE484 #F3F0B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.47

#E2D94F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.27

#E2D94F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2D94F

14.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2D94F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2D94F	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)

#EBD13C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EED858

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F2CBBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2d94f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 217, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.8% 0.155 105.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eee487',
    500: '#e2d94f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2d94f;
$custom-light: #eee487;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2d94f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.327,
    "s": 71.707,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86776,
    "c": 0.15542,
    "h": 105.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.66359
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2D94F

secondary

#353CA0

accent

#44EE39

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2D94F

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

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