#E2CD44#E2CD44

#E2CD44 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.602; OKLCH L 84.2% C 0.153 H 100.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2CD44
RGB	rgb(226, 205, 68)
HSL	hsl(52, 73%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(52, 70%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.3%, 69.9%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.97, -7.57, 67.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.97, 67.83, 96.41°)
OKLab	oklab(84.2% -0.0275 0.15)
OKLCH	oklch(84.2% 0.153 100.4)
XYZ	xyz(54.2412, 60.2512, 14.2403)
Luminance	0.6025 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2CD44 #4459E2

analogous

#E27E44 #E2CD44 #A8E244

triadic

#E2CD44 #44E2CD #CD44E2

tetradic

#E2CD44 #44E27E #4459E2 #E244A8

square

#E2CD44 #44E27E #4459E2 #E244A8

split-complementary

#E2CD44 #44A8E2 #7E44E2

monochromatic

#958417 #CAB31F #E2CD44 #EADB79 #F2E9AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.61

#E2CD44 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.05

#E2CD44 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2CD44

13.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2CD44	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2CD44	1.00	1.61	13.05	13.05
#FFFFFF	1.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E0C72F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6CF4C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3BEB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2cd44;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 205, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.2% 0.153 100.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efdb80',
    500: '#e2cd44',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2cd44;
$custom-light: #efdb80;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2cd44",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.025,
    "s": 73.148,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84204,
    "c": 0.15252,
    "h": 100.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.60249
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2CD44

secondary

#313F99

accent

#50F038

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#17150B

muted

#85847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2CD44

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

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