#E2DE2F#E2DE2F

#E2DE2F is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.686; OKLCH L 87.6% C 0.178 H 108.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2DE2F
RGB	rgb(226, 222, 47)
HSL	hsl(59, 76%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(59, 79%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.8%, 79.2%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.31, -16.91, 78.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.31, 80.04, 102.20°)
OKLab	oklab(87.62% -0.0556 0.1693)
OKLCH	oklch(87.62% 0.178 108.2)
XYZ	xyz(58.0008, 68.6185, 12.8782)
Luminance	0.6862 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2DE2F #2F33E2

analogous

#E2842F #E2DE2F #8CE22F

triadic

#E2DE2F #2FE2DE #DE2FE2

tetradic

#E2DE2F #2FE284 #2F33E2 #E22F8C

square

#E2DE2F #2FE284 #2F33E2 #E22F8C

split-complementary

#E2DE2F #2F8CE2 #842FE2

monochromatic

#848212 #BAB61A #E2DE2F #E9E765 #F1EF9A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.43

#E2DE2F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.72

#E2DE2F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2DE2F

14.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2DE2F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2DE2F	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)

#F4DB3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3CFBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2de2f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 222, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.6% 0.178 108.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efe778',
    500: '#e2de2f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2de2f;
$custom-light: #efe778;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2de2f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.659,
    "s": 75.527,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87623,
    "c": 0.17819,
    "h": 108.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.68617
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2DE2F

secondary

#2B2D8A

accent

#3AF236

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFCF2

border

#D7D5CC

text

#17160A

muted

#85847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2DE2F

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

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