#E2D951#E2D951

#E2D951 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.664; OKLCH L 86.8% C 0.154 H 105.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2D951
RGB	rgb(226, 217, 81)
HSL	hsl(56, 71%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(56, 64%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4%, 64.2%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.20, -12.91, 65.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.20, 66.87, 101.13°)
OKLab	oklab(86.79% -0.0412 0.1484)
OKLCH	oklch(86.79% 0.154 105.5)
XYZ	xyz(57.6642, 66.3906, 17.5601)
Luminance	0.6639 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2D951 #515AE2

analogous

#E29151 #E2D951 #A2E251

triadic

#E2D951 #51E2D9 #D951E2

tetradic

#E2D951 #51E291 #515AE2 #E251A2

square

#E2D951 #51E291 #515AE2 #E251A2

split-complementary

#E2D951 #51A2E2 #9151E2

monochromatic

#9E961A #D3C823 #E2D951 #EBE485 #F3F0BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.47

#E2D951 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.28

#E2D951 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2D951

14.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2D951	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2D951	1.00	1.47	14.28	14.28
#FFFFFF	1.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EBD13F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EED859

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F2CBBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2d951;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 217, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.8% 0.154 105.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eee488',
    500: '#e2d951',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2d951;
$custom-light: #eee488;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2d951",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.276,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86793,
    "c": 0.15397,
    "h": 105.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.66389
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2D951

secondary

#363CA1

accent

#1ED312

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2D951

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

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