#E2DE38#E2DE38

#E2DE38 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.687; OKLCH L 87.7% C 0.174 H 108.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2DE38
RGB	rgb(226, 222, 56)
HSL	hsl(59, 75%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(59, 75%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.8%, 75.2%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.35, -16.60, 75.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.35, 77.48, 102.37°)
OKLab	oklab(87.67% -0.054 0.1655)
OKLCH	oklch(87.67% 0.174 108.1)
XYZ	xyz(58.2014, 68.6988, 13.9350)
Luminance	0.6870 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2DE38 #383CE2

analogous

#E28938 #E2DE38 #91E238

triadic

#E2DE38 #38E2DE #DE38E2

tetradic

#E2DE38 #38E289 #383CE2 #E23891

square

#E2DE38 #38E289 #383CE2 #E23891

split-complementary

#E2DE38 #3891E2 #8938E2

monochromatic

#8B8814 #C1BD1C #E2DE38 #EAE76D #F2F0A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.42

#E2DE38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.74

#E2DE38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2DE38

14.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2DE38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2DE38	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)

#F1D50B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F3DB46

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F2CFBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2de38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 222, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.7% 0.174 108.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efe87c',
    500: '#e2de38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2de38;
$custom-light: #efe87c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2de38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.588,
    "s": 74.561,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87668,
    "c": 0.17404,
    "h": 108.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.68697
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2DE38

secondary

#2D3091

accent

#3BF137

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFCF2

border

#D7D5CC

text

#17160A

muted

#85847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2DE38

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

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