#E2D950#E2D950

#E2D950 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	#E2D950
RGB	rgb(226, 217, 80)
HSL	hsl(56, 72%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(56, 65%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4%, 64.6%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.19, -12.97, 66.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.19, 67.27, 101.11°)
OKLab	oklab(86.79% -0.0415 0.149)
OKLCH	oklch(86.79% 0.155 105.6)
XYZ	xyz(57.6270, 66.3757, 17.3641)
Luminance	0.6637 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2D950 #5059E2

analogous

#E29050 #E2D950 #A2E250

triadic

#E2D950 #50E2D9 #D950E2

tetradic

#E2D950 #50E290 #5059E2 #E250A2

square

#E2D950 #50E290 #5059E2 #E250A2

split-complementary

#E2D950 #50A2E2 #9050E2

monochromatic

#9E951A #D2C723 #E2D950 #EBE484 #F3F0B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.47

#E2D950 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.27

#E2D950 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2D950

14.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2D950	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2D950	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)

#EBD13E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EED858

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F2CBBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2d950;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 217, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.8% 0.155 105.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eee488',
    500: '#e2d950',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2d950;
$custom-light: #eee488;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2d950",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.301,
    "s": 71.569,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86785,
    "c": 0.1547,
    "h": 105.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.66374
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2D950

secondary

#353CA1

accent

#45EE39

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2D950

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

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