#E2DD42#E2DD42

#E2DD42 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.683; OKLCH L 87.5% C 0.168 H 107.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2DD42
RGB	rgb(226, 221, 66)
HSL	hsl(58, 73%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(58, 71%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.2%, 70.8%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.14, -15.68, 72.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.14, 73.89, 102.25°)
OKLab	oklab(87.52% -0.0505 0.1598)
OKLCH	oklch(87.52% 0.168 107.5)
XYZ	xyz(58.2061, 68.2770, 15.2659)
Luminance	0.6827 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2DD42 #4247E2

analogous

#E28D42 #E2DD42 #97E242

triadic

#E2DD42 #42E2DD #DD42E2

tetradic

#E2DD42 #42E28D #4247E2 #E24297

square

#E2DD42 #42E28D #4247E2 #E24297

split-complementary

#E2DD42 #4297E2 #8D42E2

monochromatic

#938F17 #C8C31F #E2DD42 #EAE777 #F2F0AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.43

#E2DD42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.66

#E2DD42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2DD42

14.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2DD42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2DD42	1.00	1.43	14.66	14.66
#FFFFFF	1.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EFD426

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F2DA4D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F2CFBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2dd42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 221, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.5% 0.168 107.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efe780',
    500: '#e2dd42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2dd42;
$custom-light: #efe780;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2dd42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.125,
    "s": 73.394,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87517,
    "c": 0.16764,
    "h": 107.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.68275
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2DD42

secondary

#313498

accent

#3DF038

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFCF2

border

#D7D5CC

text

#17150B

muted

#85847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2DD42

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

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