#E2D956#E2D956

#E2D956 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.665; OKLCH L 86.8% C 0.150 H 105.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2D956
RGB	rgb(226, 217, 86)
HSL	hsl(56, 71%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(56, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4%, 61.9%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.23, -12.60, 63.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.23, 64.84, 101.21°)
OKLab	oklab(86.84% -0.0398 0.1448)
OKLCH	oklch(86.84% 0.15 105.4)
XYZ	xyz(57.8586, 66.4683, 18.5842)
Luminance	0.6647 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2D956 #565FE2

analogous

#E29356 #E2D956 #A5E256

triadic

#E2D956 #56E2D9 #D956E2

tetradic

#E2D956 #56E293 #565FE2 #E256A5

square

#E2D956 #56E293 #565FE2 #E256A5

split-complementary

#E2D956 #56A5E2 #9356E2

monochromatic

#A2991C #D6CB25 #E2D956 #EBE58A #F4F0BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.47

#E2D956 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.29

#E2D956 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2D956

14.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2D956	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2D956	1.00	1.47	14.29	14.29
#FFFFFF	1.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EBD246

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EED85E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F2CBBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2d956;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 217, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.8% 0.150 105.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eee48b',
    500: '#e2d956',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2d956;
$custom-light: #eee48b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2d956",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.143,
    "s": 70.707,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86837,
    "c": 0.15021,
    "h": 105.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.66466
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2D956

secondary

#383FA5

accent

#1FD313

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2D956

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

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