#E2CD37#E2CD37

#E2CD37 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.601; OKLCH L 84.1% C 0.160 H 100.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2CD37
RGB	rgb(226, 205, 55)
HSL	hsl(53, 75%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(53, 76%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.3%, 75.7%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.90, -8.15, 71.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.90, 72.36, 96.46°)
OKLab	oklab(84.12% -0.0304 0.1572)
OKLCH	oklch(84.12% 0.16 100.9)
XYZ	xyz(53.8875, 60.1098, 12.3776)
Luminance	0.6011 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2CD37 #374CE2

analogous

#E27837 #E2CD37 #A1E237

triadic

#E2CD37 #37E2CD #CD37E2

tetradic

#E2CD37 #37E278 #374CE2 #E237A1

square

#E2CD37 #37E278 #374CE2 #E237A1

split-complementary

#E2CD37 #37A1E2 #7837E2

monochromatic

#8B7C14 #C0AC1C #E2CD37 #EADA6C #F2E8A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.61

#E2CD37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.02

#E2CD37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2CD37

13.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2CD37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2CD37	1.00	1.61	13.02	13.02
#FFFFFF	1.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E1C716

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E7CF42

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4BEB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2cd37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 205, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.1% 0.160 100.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efdb79',
    500: '#e2cd37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2cd37;
$custom-light: #efdb79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2cd37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.632,
    "s": 74.672,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84118,
    "c": 0.16012,
    "h": 100.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.60107
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2CD37

secondary

#2D3990

accent

#4DF137

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#17140A

muted

#85837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2CD37

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

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