#E2CD2D#E2CD2D

#E2CD2D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.600; OKLCH L 84.1% C 0.165 H 101.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2CD2D
RGB	rgb(226, 205, 45)
HSL	hsl(53, 76%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(53, 80%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.3%, 80.1%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.85, -8.50, 74.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.85, 75.37, 96.47°)
OKLab	oklab(84.07% -0.0322 0.1617)
OKLCH	oklch(84.07% 0.165 101.3)
XYZ	xyz(53.6717, 60.0234, 11.2407)
Luminance	0.6002 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2CD2D #2D42E2

analogous

#E2732D #E2CD2D #9CE22D

triadic

#E2CD2D #2DE2CD #CD2DE2

tetradic

#E2CD2D #2DE273 #2D42E2 #E22D9C

square

#E2CD2D #2DE273 #2D42E2 #E22D9C

split-complementary

#E2CD2D #2D9CE2 #732DE2

monochromatic

#837612 #B8A619 #E2CD2D #E9DA63 #F1E799

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.61

#E2CD2D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.00

#E2CD2D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2CD2D

13.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2CD2D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2CD2D	1.00	1.61	13.00	13.00
#FFFFFF	1.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E1C700

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E7CF3A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4BEB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2cd2d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 205, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.1% 0.165 101.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0db75',
    500: '#e2cd2d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2cd2d;
$custom-light: #f0db75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2cd2d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.039,
    "s": 75.732,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84066,
    "c": 0.16488,
    "h": 101.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.60021
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2CD2D

secondary

#2A3589

accent

#4BF235

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF1

border

#D7D4CB

text

#171409

muted

#85837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2CD2D

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

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