#E2D959#E2D959

#E2D959 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.665; OKLCH L 86.9% C 0.148 H 105.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2D959
RGB	rgb(226, 217, 89)
HSL	hsl(56, 70%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(56, 61%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4%, 60.6%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.26, -12.41, 62.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.26, 63.59, 101.25°)
OKLab	oklab(86.87% -0.039 0.1426)
OKLCH	oklch(86.87% 0.148 105.3)
XYZ	xyz(57.9821, 66.5177, 19.2342)
Luminance	0.6652 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2D959 #5962E2

analogous

#E29459 #E2D959 #A7E259

triadic

#E2D959 #59E2D9 #D959E2

tetradic

#E2D959 #59E294 #5962E2 #E259A7

square

#E2D959 #59E294 #5962E2 #E259A7

split-complementary

#E2D959 #59A7E2 #9459E2

monochromatic

#A49B1D #D8CC26 #E2D959 #EBE58D #F4F1C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.47

#E2D959 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.30

#E2D959 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2D959

14.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2D959	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2D959	1.00	1.47	14.30	14.30
#FFFFFF	1.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EAD24A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EED860

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F1CCBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2d959;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 217, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.9% 0.148 105.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eee48d',
    500: '#e2d959',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2d959;
$custom-light: #eee48d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2d959",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.058,
    "s": 70.256,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86865,
    "c": 0.14786,
    "h": 105.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.66516
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2D959

secondary

#3940A6

accent

#20D213

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2D959

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

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