#E2DD55#E2DD55

#E2DD55 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.685; OKLCH L 87.7% C 0.155 H 107.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2DD55
RGB	rgb(226, 221, 85)
HSL	hsl(58, 71%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(58, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.2%, 62.4%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.28, -14.65, 65.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.28, 66.75, 102.68°)
OKLab	oklab(87.66% -0.0457 0.1479)
OKLCH	oklch(87.66% 0.155 107.2)
XYZ	xyz(58.8622, 68.5394, 18.7214)
Luminance	0.6854 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2DD55 #555AE2

analogous

#E29655 #E2DD55 #A0E255

triadic

#E2DD55 #55E2DD #DD55E2

tetradic

#E2DD55 #55E296 #555AE2 #E255A0

square

#E2DD55 #55E296 #555AE2 #E255A0

split-complementary

#E2DD55 #55A0E2 #9655E2

monochromatic

#A19C1B #D5CF24 #E2DD55 #EBE789 #F4F2BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.43

#E2DD55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.71

#E2DD55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2DD55

14.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2DD55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2DD55	1.00	1.43	14.71	14.71
#FFFFFF	1.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EED544

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F1DA5D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F1CFC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2dd55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 221, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.7% 0.155 107.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eee78b',
    500: '#e2dd55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2dd55;
$custom-light: #eee78b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2dd55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.872,
    "s": 70.854,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87663,
    "c": 0.15482,
    "h": 107.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.68538
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2DD55

secondary

#373BA4

accent

#19D313

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2DD55

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

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