#E2CD39#E2CD39

#E2CD39 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.601; OKLCH L 84.1% C 0.159 H 100.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2CD39
RGB	rgb(226, 205, 57)
HSL	hsl(53, 74%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(53, 75%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.3%, 74.8%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.91, -8.07, 71.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.91, 71.71, 96.46°)
OKLab	oklab(84.13% -0.03 0.1562)
OKLCH	oklch(84.13% 0.159 100.9)
XYZ	xyz(53.9364, 60.1293, 12.6352)
Luminance	0.6013 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2CD39 #394EE2

analogous

#E27839 #E2CD39 #A3E239

triadic

#E2CD39 #39E2CD #CD39E2

tetradic

#E2CD39 #39E278 #394EE2 #E239A3

square

#E2CD39 #39E278 #394EE2 #E239A3

split-complementary

#E2CD39 #39A3E2 #7839E2

monochromatic

#8C7D15 #C1AD1C #E2CD39 #EADA6E #F2E8A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.61

#E2CD39 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.03

#E2CD39 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2CD39

13.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2CD39	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2CD39	1.00	1.61	13.03	13.03
#FFFFFF	1.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E1C71B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E7CF43

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4BEB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2cd39;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 205, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.1% 0.159 100.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efdb7a',
    500: '#e2cd39',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2cd39;
$custom-light: #efdb7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2cd39",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.544,
    "s": 74.449,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8413,
    "c": 0.15905,
    "h": 100.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.60127
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2CD39

secondary

#2E3A91

accent

#4EF137

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#17140A

muted

#85837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2CD39

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

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