#E2DE40#E2DE40

#E2DE40 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.688; OKLCH L 87.7% C 0.170 H 108.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2DE40
RGB	rgb(226, 222, 64)
HSL	hsl(59, 74%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(59, 72%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.8%, 71.7%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.40, -16.26, 73.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.40, 74.93, 102.54°)
OKLab	oklab(87.72% -0.0524 0.1615)
OKLCH	oklch(87.72% 0.17 108)
XYZ	xyz(58.4129, 68.7834, 15.0491)
Luminance	0.6878 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2DE40 #4044E2

analogous

#E28D40 #E2DE40 #95E240

triadic

#E2DE40 #40E2DE #DE40E2

tetradic

#E2DE40 #40E28D #4044E2 #E24095

square

#E2DE40 #40E28D #4044E2 #E24095

split-complementary

#E2DE40 #4095E2 #8D40E2

monochromatic

#928E16 #C7C21E #E2DE40 #EAE775 #F2F0AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.42

#E2DE40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.76

#E2DE40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2DE40

14.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2DE40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2DE40	1.00	1.42	14.76	14.76
#FFFFFF	1.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F0D522

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F3DB4C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F2D0C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2de40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 222, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.7% 0.170 108.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efe87f',
    500: '#e2de40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2de40;
$custom-light: #efe87f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2de40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.519,
    "s": 73.636,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87715,
    "c": 0.16974,
    "h": 108
  },
  "luminance": 0.68781
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2DE40

secondary

#303396

accent

#3CF038

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFCF2

border

#D7D5CC

text

#17160B

muted

#85847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2DE40

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

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