#E2DD59#E2DD59

#E2DD59 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.686; OKLCH L 87.7% C 0.152 H 107.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2DD59
RGB	rgb(226, 221, 89)
HSL	hsl(58, 70%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(58, 61%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.2%, 60.6%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.31, -14.40, 63.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.31, 65.11, 102.78°)
OKLab	oklab(87.7% -0.0446 0.145)
OKLCH	oklch(87.7% 0.152 107.1)
XYZ	xyz(59.0256, 68.6048, 19.5820)
Luminance	0.6860 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2DD59 #595EE2

analogous

#E29959 #E2DD59 #A3E259

triadic

#E2DD59 #59E2DD #DD59E2

tetradic

#E2DD59 #59E299 #595EE2 #E259A3

square

#E2DD59 #59E299 #595EE2 #E259A3

split-complementary

#E2DD59 #59A3E2 #9959E2

monochromatic

#A49F1D #D8D226 #E2DD59 #EBE88D #F4F2C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.43

#E2DD59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.72

#E2DD59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2DD59

14.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2DD59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2DD59	1.00	1.43	14.72	14.72
#FFFFFF	1.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EED549

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F1DA61

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F1D0C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2dd59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 221, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.7% 0.152 107.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eee78d',
    500: '#e2dd59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2dd59;
$custom-light: #eee78d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2dd59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.81,
    "s": 70.256,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.877,
    "c": 0.15174,
    "h": 107.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.68603
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2DD59

secondary

#393DA6

accent

#1AD213

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2DD59

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

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