#E2DC4E#E2DC4E

#E2DC4E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.679; OKLCH L 87.4% C 0.159 H 106.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2DC4E
RGB	rgb(226, 220, 78)
HSL	hsl(58, 72%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(58, 65%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.7%, 65.5%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.96, -14.57, 67.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.96, 69.15, 102.16°)
OKLab	oklab(87.4% -0.0462 0.1521)
OKLCH	oklch(87.4% 0.159 106.9)
XYZ	xyz(58.3345, 67.9071, 17.2408)
Luminance	0.6791 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2DC4E #4E54E2

analogous

#E2924E #E2DC4E #9EE24E

triadic

#E2DC4E #4EE2DC #DC4EE2

tetradic

#E2DC4E #4EE292 #4E54E2 #E24E9E

square

#E2DC4E #4EE292 #4E54E2 #E24E9E

split-complementary

#E2DC4E #4E9EE2 #924EE2

monochromatic

#9C971A #D1CA22 #E2DC4E #EBE683 #F3F1B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.44

#E2DC4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.58

#E2DC4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2DC4E

14.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2DC4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2DC4E	1.00	1.44	14.58	14.58
#FFFFFF	1.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EED43A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F1DA57

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F2CEBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2dc4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 220, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.4% 0.159 106.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eee687',
    500: '#e2dc4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2dc4e;
$custom-light: #eee687;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2dc4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.568,
    "s": 71.845,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87395,
    "c": 0.15895,
    "h": 106.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.67905
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2DC4E

secondary

#35399F

accent

#41EF39

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2DC4E

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

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