#E2DE2B#E2DE2B

#E2DE2B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.686; OKLCH L 87.6% C 0.180 H 108.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2DE2B
RGB	rgb(226, 222, 43)
HSL	hsl(59, 76%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(59, 81%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.8%, 81%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.30, -17.03, 79.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.30, 81.06, 102.13°)
OKLab	oklab(87.61% -0.0562 0.1708)
OKLCH	oklch(87.61% 0.18 108.2)
XYZ	xyz(57.9237, 68.5877, 12.4726)
Luminance	0.6859 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2DE2B #2B2FE2

analogous

#E2832B #E2DE2B #8AE22B

triadic

#E2DE2B #2BE2DE #DE2BE2

tetradic

#E2DE2B #2BE283 #2B2FE2 #E22B8A

square

#E2DE2B #2BE283 #2B2FE2 #E22B8A

split-complementary

#E2DE2B #2B8AE2 #832BE2

monochromatic

#817F12 #B7B319 #E2DE2B #E9E661 #F1EF97

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.43

#E2DE2B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.72

#E2DE2B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2DE2B

14.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2DE2B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2DE2B	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)

#F1D500

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F4DB3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3CFBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2de2b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 222, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.6% 0.180 108.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0e776',
    500: '#e2de2b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2de2b;
$custom-light: #f0e776;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2de2b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.689,
    "s": 75.934,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87606,
    "c": 0.17981,
    "h": 108.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.68586
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2DE2B

secondary

#2A2C88

accent

#39F335

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFCF2

border

#D7D5CC

text

#17160A

muted

#85847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2DE2B

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

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