#E2CD31#E2CD31

#E2CD31 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.601; OKLCH L 84.1% C 0.163 H 101.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2CD31
RGB	rgb(226, 205, 49)
HSL	hsl(53, 75%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(53, 78%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.3%, 78.3%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.87, -8.36, 73.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.87, 74.22, 96.47°)
OKLab	oklab(84.09% -0.0315 0.16)
OKLCH	oklch(84.09% 0.163 101.1)
XYZ	xyz(53.7524, 60.0557, 11.6657)
Luminance	0.6005 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2CD31 #3146E2

analogous

#E27531 #E2CD31 #9FE231

triadic

#E2CD31 #31E2CD #CD31E2

tetradic

#E2CD31 #31E275 #3146E2 #E2319F

square

#E2CD31 #31E275 #3146E2 #E2319F

split-complementary

#E2CD31 #319FE2 #7531E2

monochromatic

#867813 #BBA81A #E2CD31 #EADA67 #F1E79C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.61

#E2CD31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.01

#E2CD31 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2CD31

13.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2CD31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2CD31	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)

#E7CF3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4BEB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2cd31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 205, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.1% 0.163 101.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0db77',
    500: '#e2cd31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2cd31;
$custom-light: #f0db77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2cd31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.881,
    "s": 75.319,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84086,
    "c": 0.16309,
    "h": 101.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.60053
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2CD31

secondary

#2B378C

accent

#4CF236

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF1

border

#D7D4CB

text

#171409

muted

#85837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2CD31

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

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