#E2CD2E#E2CD2E

#E2CD2E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.600; OKLCH L 84.1% C 0.164 H 101.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2CD2E
RGB	rgb(226, 205, 46)
HSL	hsl(53, 76%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(53, 80%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.3%, 79.6%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.86, -8.46, 74.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.86, 75.09, 96.47°)
OKLab	oklab(84.07% -0.032 0.1613)
OKLCH	oklch(84.07% 0.164 101.2)
XYZ	xyz(53.6912, 60.0312, 11.3433)
Luminance	0.6003 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2CD2E #2E43E2

analogous

#E2732E #E2CD2E #9DE22E

triadic

#E2CD2E #2EE2CD #CD2EE2

tetradic

#E2CD2E #2EE273 #2E43E2 #E22E9D

square

#E2CD2E #2EE273 #2E43E2 #E22E9D

split-complementary

#E2CD2E #2E9DE2 #732EE2

monochromatic

#837612 #B9A71A #E2CD2E #E9DA64 #F1E799

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.61

#E2CD2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.01

#E2CD2E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2CD2E

13.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2CD2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2CD2E	1.00	1.61	13.01	13.01
#FFFFFF	1.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E1C700

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E7CF3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4BEB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2cd2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 205, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.1% 0.164 101.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0db75',
    500: '#e2cd2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2cd2e;
$custom-light: #f0db75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2cd2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53,
    "s": 75.63,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84071,
    "c": 0.16445,
    "h": 101.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.60029
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2CD2E

secondary

#2A368A

accent

#4CF236

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF1

border

#D7D4CB

text

#171409

muted

#85837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2CD2E

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

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