#E2DC40#E2DC40

#E2DC40 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.677; OKLCH L 87.3% C 0.168 H 107.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2DC40
RGB	rgb(226, 220, 64)
HSL	hsl(58, 74%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(58, 72%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.7%, 71.7%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.87, -15.28, 72.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.87, 74.23, 101.88°)
OKLab	oklab(87.3% -0.0496 0.1604)
OKLCH	oklch(87.3% 0.168 107.2)
XYZ	xyz(57.8849, 67.7273, 14.8730)
Luminance	0.6773 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2DC40 #4046E2

analogous

#E28B40 #E2DC40 #97E240

triadic

#E2DC40 #40E2DC #DC40E2

tetradic

#E2DC40 #40E28B #4046E2 #E24097

square

#E2DC40 #40E28B #4046E2 #E24097

split-complementary

#E2DC40 #4097E2 #8B40E2

monochromatic

#928D16 #C7C01E #E2DC40 #EAE675 #F2EFAA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.44

#E2DC40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.55

#E2DC40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2DC40

14.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2DC40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2DC40	1.00	1.44	14.55	14.55
#FFFFFF	1.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EED423

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F1D94C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F2CEBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2dc40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 220, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.3% 0.168 107.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efe67f',
    500: '#e2dc40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2dc40;
$custom-light: #efe67f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2dc40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.778,
    "s": 73.636,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87295,
    "c": 0.16789,
    "h": 107.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.67725
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2DC40

secondary

#303496

accent

#3EF038

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFCF2

border

#D7D5CC

text

#17150B

muted

#85847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2DC40

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

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