#E2DE51#E2DE51

#E2DE51 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.690; OKLCH L 87.8% C 0.159 H 107.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2DE51
RGB	rgb(226, 222, 81)
HSL	hsl(58, 71%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(58, 64%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.8%, 64.2%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.51, -15.39, 66.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.51, 68.72, 102.94°)
OKLab	oklab(87.84% -0.0482 0.1512)
OKLCH	oklch(87.84% 0.159 107.7)
XYZ	xyz(58.9725, 69.0072, 17.9963)
Luminance	0.6901 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2DE51 #5155E2

analogous

#E29651 #E2DE51 #9DE251

triadic

#E2DE51 #51E2DE #DE51E2

tetradic

#E2DE51 #51E296 #5155E2 #E2519D

square

#E2DE51 #51E296 #5155E2 #E2519D

split-complementary

#E2DE51 #519DE2 #9651E2

monochromatic

#9E9B1A #D3CE23 #E2DE51 #EBE885 #F3F2BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.42

#E2DE51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.80

#E2DE51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2DE51

14.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2DE51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2DE51	1.00	1.42	14.80	14.80
#FFFFFF	1.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F0D63E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F2DB5A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F2D0C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2de51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 222, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.8% 0.159 107.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eee889',
    500: '#e2de51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2de51;
$custom-light: #eee889;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2de51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.345,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87839,
    "c": 0.15875,
    "h": 107.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.69005
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2DE51

secondary

#3639A1

accent

#17D312

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2DE51

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

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