#E2DE57#E2DE57

#E2DE57 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.691; OKLCH L 87.9% C 0.154 H 107.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2DE57
RGB	rgb(226, 222, 87)
HSL	hsl(58, 71%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(58, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.8%, 61.5%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.55, -15.02, 64.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.55, 66.32, 103.09°)
OKLab	oklab(87.89% -0.0466 0.1471)
OKLCH	oklch(87.89% 0.154 107.6)
XYZ	xyz(59.2076, 69.1012, 19.2340)
Luminance	0.6910 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2DE57 #575BE2

analogous

#E29957 #E2DE57 #A1E257

triadic

#E2DE57 #57E2DE #DE57E2

tetradic

#E2DE57 #57E299 #575BE2 #E257A1

square

#E2DE57 #57E299 #575BE2 #E257A1

split-complementary

#E2DE57 #57A1E2 #9957E2

monochromatic

#A39F1C #D7D225 #E2DE57 #EBE88B #F4F3BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.42

#E2DE57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.82

#E2DE57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2DE57

14.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2DE57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2DE57	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)

#EFD647

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F2DB5F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F1D1C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D9D9D9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2de57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 222, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.9% 0.154 107.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eee88c',
    500: '#e2de57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2de57;
$custom-light: #eee88c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2de57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.273,
    "s": 70.558,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87891,
    "c": 0.15428,
    "h": 107.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.69099
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2DE57

secondary

#383BA5

accent

#18D313

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2DE57

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

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