#E2DD5E#E2DD5E

#E2DD5E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.687; OKLCH L 87.7% C 0.148 H 107.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2DD5E
RGB	rgb(226, 221, 94)
HSL	hsl(58, 69%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(58, 58%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.2%, 58.4%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.35, -14.06, 61.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.35, 63.01, 102.90°)
OKLab	oklab(87.75% -0.0431 0.1413)
OKLCH	oklch(87.75% 0.148 107)
XYZ	xyz(59.2427, 68.6916, 20.7256)
Luminance	0.6869 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2DD5E #5E63E2

analogous

#E29B5E #E2DD5E #A5E25E

triadic

#E2DD5E #5EE2DD #DD5EE2

tetradic

#E2DD5E #5EE29B #5E63E2 #E25EA5

square

#E2DD5E #5EE29B #5E63E2 #E25EA5

split-complementary

#E2DD5E #5EA5E2 #9B5EE2

monochromatic

#A7A21E #D9D22A #E2DD5E #EBE892 #F5F3C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.42

#E2DD5E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.74

#E2DD5E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2DD5E

14.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2DD5E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2DD5E	1.00	1.42	14.74	14.74
#FFFFFF	1.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EED550

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F1DA65

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F1D0C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2dd5e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 221, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.7% 0.148 107.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eee790',
    500: '#e2dd5e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2dd5e;
$custom-light: #eee790;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2dd5e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.727,
    "s": 69.474,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87748,
    "c": 0.1477,
    "h": 107
  },
  "luminance": 0.6869
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2DD5E

secondary

#3B3FAA

accent

#1BD114

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2DD5E

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

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