#E2DD4E#E2DD4E

#E2DD4E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.684; OKLCH L 87.6% C 0.160 H 107.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2DD4E
RGB	rgb(226, 221, 78)
HSL	hsl(58, 72%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(58, 65%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.2%, 65.5%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.22, -15.07, 67.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.22, 69.51, 102.52°)
OKLab	oklab(87.61% -0.0476 0.1527)
OKLCH	oklch(87.61% 0.16 107.3)
XYZ	xyz(58.5977, 68.4336, 17.3286)
Luminance	0.6843 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2DD4E #4E53E2

analogous

#E2934E #E2DD4E #9DE24E

triadic

#E2DD4E #4EE2DD #DD4EE2

tetradic

#E2DD4E #4EE293 #4E53E2 #E24E9D

square

#E2DD4E #4EE293 #4E53E2 #E24E9D

split-complementary

#E2DD4E #4E9DE2 #934EE2

monochromatic

#9C981A #D1CB22 #E2DD4E #EBE783 #F3F1B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.43

#E2DD4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.69

#E2DD4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2DD4E

14.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2DD4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2DD4E	1.00	1.43	14.69	14.69
#FFFFFF	1.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EFD53A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F2DA57

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F2CFC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2dd4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 221, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.6% 0.160 107.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eee787',
    500: '#e2dd4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2dd4e;
$custom-light: #eee787;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2dd4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.973,
    "s": 71.845,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87605,
    "c": 0.15991,
    "h": 107.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.68432
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2DD4E

secondary

#35389F

accent

#3FEF39

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2DD4E

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

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