#E2CD3E#E2CD3E

#E2CD3E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.602; OKLCH L 84.2% C 0.156 H 100.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2CD3E
RGB	rgb(226, 205, 62)
HSL	hsl(52, 74%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(52, 73%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.3%, 72.6%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.94, -7.85, 69.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.94, 70.00, 96.44°)
OKLab	oklab(84.16% -0.0289 0.1535)
OKLCH	oklch(84.16% 0.156 100.7)
XYZ	xyz(54.0674, 60.1817, 13.3248)
Luminance	0.6018 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2CD3E #3E53E2

analogous

#E27B3E #E2CD3E #A5E23E

triadic

#E2CD3E #3EE2CD #CD3EE2

tetradic

#E2CD3E #3EE27B #3E53E2 #E23EA5

square

#E2CD3E #3EE27B #3E53E2 #E23EA5

split-complementary

#E2CD3E #3EA5E2 #7B3EE2

monochromatic

#908016 #C5B01E #E2CD3E #EADB73 #F2E9A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.61

#E2CD3E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.04

#E2CD3E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2CD3E

13.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2CD3E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2CD3E	1.00	1.61	13.04	13.04
#FFFFFF	1.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E0C725

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6CF47

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3BEB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2cd3e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 205, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.2% 0.156 100.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efdb7d',
    500: '#e2cd3e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2cd3e;
$custom-light: #efdb7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2cd3e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.317,
    "s": 73.874,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84162,
    "c": 0.15622,
    "h": 100.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.60179
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2CD3E

secondary

#2F3C95

accent

#4FF137

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#17140A

muted

#85837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2CD3E

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

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