#E2DD4F#E2DD4F

#E2DD4F is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.684; OKLCH L 87.6% C 0.159 H 107.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2DD4F
RGB	rgb(226, 221, 79)
HSL	hsl(58, 72%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(58, 65%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.2%, 65%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.23, -15.01, 67.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.23, 69.13, 102.54°)
OKLab	oklab(87.61% -0.0474 0.152)
OKLCH	oklch(87.61% 0.159 107.3)
XYZ	xyz(58.6338, 68.4481, 17.5188)
Luminance	0.6845 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2DD4F #4F54E2

analogous

#E2934F #E2DD4F #9EE24F

triadic

#E2DD4F #4FE2DD #DD4FE2

tetradic

#E2DD4F #4FE293 #4F54E2 #E24F9E

square

#E2DD4F #4FE293 #4F54E2 #E24F9E

split-complementary

#E2DD4F #4F9EE2 #934FE2

monochromatic

#9D981A #D1CB22 #E2DD4F #EBE784 #F3F1B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.43

#E2DD4F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.69

#E2DD4F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2DD4F

14.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2DD4F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2DD4F	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)

#EFD53C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F2DA58

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F2CFC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2dd4f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 221, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.6% 0.159 107.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eee787',
    500: '#e2dd4f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2dd4f;
$custom-light: #eee787;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2dd4f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.959,
    "s": 71.707,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87613,
    "c": 0.1592,
    "h": 107.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.68446
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2DD4F

secondary

#3539A0

accent

#40EE39

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2DD4F

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

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