#E2DC59#E2DC59

#E2DC59 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.681; OKLCH L 87.5% C 0.151 H 106.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2DC59
RGB	rgb(226, 220, 89)
HSL	hsl(57, 70%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(57, 61%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.7%, 60.6%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.05, -13.90, 63.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.05, 64.73, 102.40°)
OKLab	oklab(87.49% -0.0432 0.1444)
OKLCH	oklch(87.49% 0.151 106.7)
XYZ	xyz(58.7624, 68.0783, 19.4943)
Luminance	0.6808 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2DC59 #595FE2

analogous

#E29859 #E2DC59 #A4E259

triadic

#E2DC59 #59E2DC #DC59E2

tetradic

#E2DC59 #59E298 #595FE2 #E259A4

square

#E2DC59 #59E298 #595FE2 #E259A4

split-complementary

#E2DC59 #59A4E2 #9859E2

monochromatic

#A49E1D #D8D026 #E2DC59 #EBE78D #F4F2C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.44

#E2DC59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.62

#E2DC59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2DC59

14.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2DC59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2DC59	1.00	1.44	14.62	14.62
#FFFFFF	1.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EDD44A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F0DA61

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F1CFC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2dc59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 220, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.5% 0.151 106.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eee68d',
    500: '#e2dc59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2dc59;
$custom-light: #eee68d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2dc59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.372,
    "s": 70.256,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87491,
    "c": 0.15076,
    "h": 106.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.68076
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2DC59

secondary

#393EA6

accent

#1CD213

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2DC59

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

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