#E2DD56#E2DD56

#E2DD56 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.686; OKLCH L 87.7% C 0.154 H 107.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2DD56
RGB	rgb(226, 221, 86)
HSL	hsl(58, 71%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(58, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.2%, 61.9%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.28, -14.59, 64.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.28, 66.35, 102.70°)
OKLab	oklab(87.67% -0.0455 0.1472)
OKLCH	oklch(87.67% 0.154 107.2)
XYZ	xyz(58.9022, 68.5554, 18.9321)
Luminance	0.6855 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2DD56 #565BE2

analogous

#E29756 #E2DD56 #A1E256

triadic

#E2DD56 #56E2DD #DD56E2

tetradic

#E2DD56 #56E297 #565BE2 #E256A1

square

#E2DD56 #56E297 #565BE2 #E256A1

split-complementary

#E2DD56 #56A1E2 #9756E2

monochromatic

#A29D1C #D6D025 #E2DD56 #EBE88A #F4F2BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.43

#E2DD56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.71

#E2DD56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2DD56

14.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2DD56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2DD56	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)

#EED545

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F1DA5E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F1CFC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2dd56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 221, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.7% 0.154 107.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eee78b',
    500: '#e2dd56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2dd56;
$custom-light: #eee78b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2dd56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.857,
    "s": 70.707,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87672,
    "c": 0.15406,
    "h": 107.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.68554
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2DD56

secondary

#383BA5

accent

#1AD313

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2DD56

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

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