#E2DD52#E2DD52

#E2DD52 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.685; OKLCH L 87.6% C 0.157 H 107.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2DD52
RGB	rgb(226, 221, 82)
HSL	hsl(58, 71%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(58, 64%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.2%, 63.7%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.25, -14.83, 66.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.25, 67.95, 102.61°)
OKLab	oklab(87.64% -0.0466 0.15)
OKLCH	oklch(87.64% 0.157 107.2)
XYZ	xyz(58.7455, 68.4927, 18.1069)
Luminance	0.6849 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2DD52 #5257E2

analogous

#E29552 #E2DD52 #9FE252

triadic

#E2DD52 #52E2DD #DD52E2

tetradic

#E2DD52 #52E295 #5257E2 #E2529F

square

#E2DD52 #52E295 #5257E2 #E2529F

split-complementary

#E2DD52 #529FE2 #9552E2

monochromatic

#9F9A1B #D3CD23 #E2DD52 #EBE786 #F4F2BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.43

#E2DD52 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.70

#E2DD52 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2DD52

14.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2DD52	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2DD52	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)

#EFD540

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F1DA5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F2CFC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2dd52;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 221, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.6% 0.157 107.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eee789',
    500: '#e2dd52',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2dd52;
$custom-light: #eee789;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2dd52",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.917,
    "s": 71.287,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87637,
    "c": 0.15705,
    "h": 107.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.68491
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2DD52

secondary

#363AA2

accent

#19D312

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2DD52

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

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