#E2DD57#E2DD57

#E2DD57 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.686; OKLCH L 87.7% C 0.153 H 107.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2DD57
RGB	rgb(226, 221, 87)
HSL	hsl(58, 71%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(58, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.2%, 61.5%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.29, -14.53, 64.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.29, 65.94, 102.73°)
OKLab	oklab(87.68% -0.0452 0.1465)
OKLCH	oklch(87.68% 0.153 107.1)
XYZ	xyz(58.9427, 68.5716, 19.1457)
Luminance	0.6857 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2DD57 #575CE2

analogous

#E29857 #E2DD57 #A2E257

triadic

#E2DD57 #57E2DD #DD57E2

tetradic

#E2DD57 #57E298 #575CE2 #E257A2

square

#E2DD57 #57E298 #575CE2 #E257A2

split-complementary

#E2DD57 #57A2E2 #9857E2

monochromatic

#A39E1C #D7D025 #E2DD57 #EBE88B #F4F2BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.43

#E2DD57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.71

#E2DD57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2DD57

14.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2DD57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2DD57	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)

#EED547

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F1DA5F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F1D0C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2dd57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 221, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.7% 0.153 107.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eee78c',
    500: '#e2dd57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2dd57;
$custom-light: #eee78c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2dd57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.842,
    "s": 70.558,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87681,
    "c": 0.1533,
    "h": 107.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.6857
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2DD57

secondary

#383CA5

accent

#1AD313

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2DD57

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

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