#E2DB59#E2DB59

#E2DB59 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.676; OKLCH L 87.3% C 0.150 H 106.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2DB59
RGB	rgb(226, 219, 89)
HSL	hsl(57, 70%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(57, 61%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.1%, 60.6%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.78, -13.41, 62.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.78, 64.35, 102.03°)
OKLab	oklab(87.28% -0.0418 0.1438)
OKLCH	oklch(87.28% 0.15 106.2)
XYZ	xyz(58.5007, 67.5550, 19.4071)
Luminance	0.6755 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2DB59 #5960E2

analogous

#E29759 #E2DB59 #A5E259

triadic

#E2DB59 #59E2DB #DB59E2

tetradic

#E2DB59 #59E297 #5960E2 #E259A5

square

#E2DB59 #59E297 #5960E2 #E259A5

split-complementary

#E2DB59 #59A5E2 #9759E2

monochromatic

#A49D1D #D8CF26 #E2DB59 #EBE68D #F4F2C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.45

#E2DB59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.51

#E2DB59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2DB59

14.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2DB59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2DB59	1.00	1.45	14.51	14.51
#FFFFFF	1.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ECD34A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EFD960

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F1CEBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2db59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 219, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.3% 0.150 106.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eee58d',
    500: '#e2db59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2db59;
$custom-light: #eee58d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2db59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 219,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.934,
    "s": 70.256,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87282,
    "c": 0.14978,
    "h": 106.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.67553
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2DB59

secondary

#393EA6

accent

#1DD213

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2DB59

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

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