#E2DD51#E2DD51

#E2DD51 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.685; OKLCH L 87.6% C 0.158 H 107.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2DD51
RGB	rgb(226, 221, 81)
HSL	hsl(58, 71%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(58, 64%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.2%, 64.2%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.24, -14.89, 66.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.24, 68.35, 102.59°)
OKLab	oklab(87.63% -0.0468 0.1507)
OKLCH	oklch(87.63% 0.158 107.3)
XYZ	xyz(58.7077, 68.4776, 17.9080)
Luminance	0.6848 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2DD51 #5156E2

analogous

#E29451 #E2DD51 #9EE251

triadic

#E2DD51 #51E2DD #DD51E2

tetradic

#E2DD51 #51E294 #5156E2 #E2519E

square

#E2DD51 #51E294 #5156E2 #E2519E

split-complementary

#E2DD51 #519EE2 #9451E2

monochromatic

#9E9A1A #D3CD23 #E2DD51 #EBE785 #F3F2BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.43

#E2DD51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.70

#E2DD51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2DD51

14.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2DD51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2DD51	1.00	1.43	14.70	14.70
#FFFFFF	1.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EFD53E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F1DA5A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F2CFC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2dd51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 221, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.6% 0.158 107.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eee789',
    500: '#e2dd51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2dd51;
$custom-light: #eee789;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2dd51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.931,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87629,
    "c": 0.15778,
    "h": 107.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.68476
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2DD51

secondary

#363AA1

accent

#19D312

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2DD51

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

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