#E2DE56#E2DE56

#E2DE56 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.691; OKLCH L 87.9% C 0.155 H 107.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2DE56
RGB	rgb(226, 222, 86)
HSL	hsl(58, 71%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(58, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.8%, 61.9%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.55, -15.09, 65.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.55, 66.73, 103.07°)
OKLab	oklab(87.88% -0.0469 0.1478)
OKLCH	oklch(87.88% 0.155 107.6)
XYZ	xyz(59.1670, 69.0850, 19.0203)
Luminance	0.6908 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2DE56 #565AE2

analogous

#E29856 #E2DE56 #A0E256

triadic

#E2DE56 #56E2DE #DE56E2

tetradic

#E2DE56 #56E298 #565AE2 #E256A0

square

#E2DE56 #56E298 #565AE2 #E256A0

split-complementary

#E2DE56 #56A0E2 #9856E2

monochromatic

#A29E1C #D6D125 #E2DE56 #EBE88A #F4F2BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.42

#E2DE56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.82

#E2DE56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2DE56

14.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2DE56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2DE56	1.00	1.42	14.82	14.82
#FFFFFF	1.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EFD645

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F2DB5E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F1D0C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D9D9D9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2de56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 222, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.9% 0.155 107.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eee88c',
    500: '#e2de56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2de56;
$custom-light: #eee88c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2de56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.286,
    "s": 70.707,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87882,
    "c": 0.15505,
    "h": 107.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.69083
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2DE56

secondary

#383BA5

accent

#18D313

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2DE56

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

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