#E2CD3A#E2CD3A

#E2CD3A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.601; OKLCH L 84.1% C 0.159 H 100.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2CD3A
RGB	rgb(226, 205, 58)
HSL	hsl(53, 74%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(53, 74%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.3%, 74.3%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.91, -8.03, 70.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.91, 71.38, 96.46°)
OKLab	oklab(84.14% -0.0297 0.1557)
OKLCH	oklch(84.14% 0.159 100.8)
XYZ	xyz(53.9616, 60.1394, 12.7679)
Luminance	0.6014 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2CD3A #3A4FE2

analogous

#E2793A #E2CD3A #A3E23A

triadic

#E2CD3A #3AE2CD #CD3AE2

tetradic

#E2CD3A #3AE279 #3A4FE2 #E23AA3

square

#E2CD3A #3AE279 #3A4FE2 #E23AA3

split-complementary

#E2CD3A #3AA3E2 #793AE2

monochromatic

#8D7E15 #C2AE1D #E2CD3A #EADB6F #F2E8A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.61

#E2CD3A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.03

#E2CD3A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2CD3A

13.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2CD3A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2CD3A	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)

#E1C71D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6CF44

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3BEB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2cd3a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 205, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.1% 0.159 100.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efdb7b',
    500: '#e2cd3a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2cd3a;
$custom-light: #efdb7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2cd3a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.5,
    "s": 74.336,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84136,
    "c": 0.1585,
    "h": 100.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.60137
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2CD3A

secondary

#2E3B92

accent

#4EF137

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#17140A

muted

#85837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2CD3A

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

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