#E2C75D#E2C75D
#E2C75D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.578; OKLCH L 83.2% C 0.129 H 95.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E2C75D |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(226, 199, 93) |
| HSL | hsl(48, 70%, 63%) |
| HSV | hsv(48, 59%, 89%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 11.9%, 58.8%, 11.4%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(80.63, -3.00, 55.48) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(80.63, 55.56, 93.10°) |
| OKLab | oklab(83.21% -0.0116 0.1285) |
| OKLCH | oklch(83.21% 0.129 95.1) |
| XYZ | xyz(53.7655, 57.8085, 18.6799) |
| Luminance | 0.5781 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Sand (survey)
#E2CA76
ΔE00 3.36
Maize
#F4D054
ΔE00 3.84
Light Mustard
#F7D560
ΔE00 4.13
Sandy
#F1DA7A
ΔE00 4.75
Pale Gold
#FDDE6C
ΔE00 5.62
Wheat (survey)
#FBDD7E
ΔE00 5.69
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E2C75D #5D78E2
analogous
#E2855D #E2C75D #BAE25D
triadic
#E2C75D #5DE2C7 #C75DE2
tetradic
#E2C75D #5DE285 #5D78E2 #E25DBA
square
#E2C75D #5DE285 #5D78E2 #E25DBA
split-complementary
#E2C75D #5DBAE2 #855DE2
monochromatic
#A78B1E #D9B529 #E2C75D #EBD991 #F5EBC5
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.67
#E2C75D on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
12.56
#E2C75D on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E2C75D
12.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E2C75D | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E2C75D | 1.00 | 1.67 | 12.56 | 12.56 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.67 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 12.56 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 12.56 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#D9C352
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#E0CC62
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F2BAB0
Achromatopsia (no color)
#C8C8C8
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e2c75d; /* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 199, 93); /* oklch */ color: oklch(83.2% 0.129 95.1);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#eed78e',
500: '#e2c75d',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e2c75d; $custom-light: #eed78e; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e2c75d",
"rgb": {
"r": 226,
"g": 199,
"b": 93
},
"hsl": {
"h": 47.82,
"s": 69.634,
"l": 62.549
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.83206,
"c": 0.12897,
"h": 95.1
},
"luminance": 0.57806
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E2C75D
secondary
#3A51A9
accent
#3AD214
background
#FFFEFC
surface
#FEFBF4
border
#D6D4CE
text
#17140D
muted
#85837F