#E2DE5B#E2DE5B

#E2DE5B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.692; OKLCH L 87.9% C 0.151 H 107.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2DE5B
RGB	rgb(226, 222, 91)
HSL	hsl(58, 70%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(58, 60%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.8%, 59.7%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.59, -14.76, 62.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.59, 64.67, 103.20°)
OKLab	oklab(87.93% -0.0454 0.1442)
OKLCH	oklch(87.93% 0.151 107.5)
XYZ	xyz(59.3755, 69.1684, 20.1186)
Luminance	0.6917 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2DE5B #5B5FE2

analogous

#E29A5B #E2DE5B #A3E25B

triadic

#E2DE5B #5BE2DE #DE5BE2

tetradic

#E2DE5B #5BE29A #5B5FE2 #E25BA3

square

#E2DE5B #5BE29A #5B5FE2 #E25BA3

split-complementary

#E2DE5B #5BA3E2 #9A5BE2

monochromatic

#A5A11D #D9D427 #E2DE5B #EBE88F #F4F3C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.42

#E2DE5B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.83

#E2DE5B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2DE5B

14.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2DE5B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2DE5B	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)

#EFD64C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F2DB63

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F1D1C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D9D9D9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2de5b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 222, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.9% 0.151 107.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eee88f',
    500: '#e2de5b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2de5b;
$custom-light: #eee88f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2de5b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.222,
    "s": 69.948,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87928,
    "c": 0.15115,
    "h": 107.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.69167
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2DE5B

secondary

#393DA8

accent

#19D214

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2DE5B

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

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