#E2DC56#E2DC56

#E2DC56 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.680; OKLCH L 87.5% C 0.153 H 106.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2DC56
RGB	rgb(226, 220, 86)
HSL	hsl(57, 71%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(57, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.7%, 61.9%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.02, -14.10, 64.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.02, 65.97, 102.34°)
OKLab	oklab(87.46% -0.0441 0.1466)
OKLCH	oklch(87.46% 0.153 106.7)
XYZ	xyz(58.6389, 68.0289, 18.8443)
Luminance	0.6803 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2DC56 #565CE2

analogous

#E29656 #E2DC56 #A2E256

triadic

#E2DC56 #56E2DC #DC56E2

tetradic

#E2DC56 #56E296 #565CE2 #E256A2

square

#E2DC56 #56E296 #565CE2 #E256A2

split-complementary

#E2DC56 #56A2E2 #9656E2

monochromatic

#A29C1C #D6CE25 #E2DC56 #EBE78A #F4F2BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.44

#E2DC56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.61

#E2DC56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2DC56

14.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2DC56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2DC56	1.00	1.44	14.61	14.61
#FFFFFF	1.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EDD446

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F0DA5E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F1CEC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2dc56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 220, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.5% 0.153 106.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eee68b',
    500: '#e2dc56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2dc56;
$custom-light: #eee68b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2dc56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.429,
    "s": 70.707,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87463,
    "c": 0.15309,
    "h": 106.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.68027
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2DC56

secondary

#383CA5

accent

#1BD313

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2DC56

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

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