#E2DE59#E2DE59

#E2DE59 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.691; OKLCH L 87.9% C 0.153 H 107.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2DE59
RGB	rgb(226, 222, 89)
HSL	hsl(58, 70%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(58, 61%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.8%, 60.6%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.57, -14.89, 63.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.57, 65.50, 103.14°)
OKLab	oklab(87.91% -0.046 0.1456)
OKLCH	oklch(87.91% 0.153 107.5)
XYZ	xyz(59.2904, 69.1344, 19.6703)
Luminance	0.6913 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2DE59 #595DE2

analogous

#E29A59 #E2DE59 #A2E259

triadic

#E2DE59 #59E2DE #DE59E2

tetradic

#E2DE59 #59E29A #595DE2 #E259A2

square

#E2DE59 #59E29A #595DE2 #E259A2

split-complementary

#E2DE59 #59A2E2 #9A59E2

monochromatic

#A4A01D #D8D326 #E2DE59 #EBE88D #F4F3C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.42

#E2DE59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.83

#E2DE59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2DE59

14.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2DE59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2DE59	1.00	1.42	14.83	14.83
#FFFFFF	1.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EFD649

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F2DB61

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F1D1C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D9D9D9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2de59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 222, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.9% 0.153 107.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eee88d',
    500: '#e2de59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2de59;
$custom-light: #eee88d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2de59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.248,
    "s": 70.256,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87909,
    "c": 0.15273,
    "h": 107.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.69133
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2DE59

secondary

#393CA6

accent

#19D213

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2DE59

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

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