#E2DE16#E2DE16

#E2DE16 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.685; OKLCH L 87.5% C 0.186 H 108.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2DE16
RGB	rgb(226, 222, 22)
HSL	hsl(59, 82%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(59, 90%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.8%, 90.3%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.24, -17.50, 83.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.24, 85.12, 101.86°)
OKLab	oklab(87.54% -0.0586 0.1766)
OKLCH	oklch(87.54% 0.186 108.4)
XYZ	xyz(57.6326, 68.4713, 10.9393)
Luminance	0.6847 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2DE16 #161AE2

analogous

#E27816 #E2DE16 #80E216

triadic

#E2DE16 #16E2DE #DE16E2

tetradic

#E2DE16 #16E278 #161AE2 #E21680

square

#E2DE16 #16E278 #161AE2 #E21680

split-complementary

#E2DE16 #1680E2 #7816E2

monochromatic

#72700B #AAA711 #E2DE16 #EDEA48 #F3F080

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.43

#E2DE16 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.69

#E2DE16 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2DE16

14.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2DE16	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2DE16	1.00	1.43	14.69	14.69
#FFFFFF	1.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F1D500

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F4DA31

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3CFBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2de16;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 222, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.5% 0.186 108.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0e770',
    500: '#e2de16',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2de16;
$custom-light: #f0e770;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2de16",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.824,
    "s": 82.258,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87542,
    "c": 0.18601,
    "h": 108.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.68469
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2DE16

secondary

#21237B

accent

#33F92F

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFCF1

border

#D7D5CB

text

#181609

muted

#86847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2DE16

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

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