#E2CD1C#E2CD1C

#E2CD1C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.599; OKLCH L 84.0% C 0.171 H 101.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2CD1C
RGB	rgb(226, 205, 28)
HSL	hsl(54, 78%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(54, 88%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.3%, 87.6%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.79, -8.93, 78.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.79, 79.33, 96.46°)
OKLab	oklab(84% -0.0345 0.1674)
OKLCH	oklch(84% 0.171 101.7)
XYZ	xyz(53.4077, 59.9178, 9.8505)
Luminance	0.5991 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2CD1C #1C31E2

analogous

#E26A1C #E2CD1C #94E21C

triadic

#E2CD1C #1CE2CD #CD1CE2

tetradic

#E2CD1C #1CE26A #1C31E2 #E21C94

square

#E2CD1C #1CE26A #1C31E2 #E21C94

split-complementary

#E2CD1C #1C94E2 #6A1CE2

monochromatic

#756A0F #AC9C15 #E2CD1C #EAD952 #F0E588

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#E2CD1C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.98

#E2CD1C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2CD1C

12.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2CD1C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2CD1C	1.00	1.62	12.98	12.98
#FFFFFF	1.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E1C700

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E7CF2F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4BDAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2cd1c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 205, 28);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.0% 0.171 101.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0db6f',
    500: '#e2cd1c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2cd1c;
$custom-light: #f0db6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2cd1c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 28
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.636,
    "s": 77.953,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84002,
    "c": 0.17088,
    "h": 101.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.59915
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2CD1C

secondary

#252E7D

accent

#48F433

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF1

border

#D7D4CB

text

#181408

muted

#86837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2CD1C

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

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