#E2CD46#E2CD46

#E2CD46 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.603; OKLCH L 84.2% C 0.151 H 100.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2CD46
RGB	rgb(226, 205, 70)
HSL	hsl(52, 73%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(52, 69%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.3%, 69%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.99, -7.47, 66.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.99, 67.07, 96.40°)
OKLab	oklab(84.22% -0.027 0.1488)
OKLCH	oklch(84.22% 0.151 100.3)
XYZ	xyz(54.3033, 60.2761, 14.5672)
Luminance	0.6027 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2CD46 #465BE2

analogous

#E27F46 #E2CD46 #A9E246

triadic

#E2CD46 #46E2CD #CD46E2

tetradic

#E2CD46 #46E27F #465BE2 #E246A9

square

#E2CD46 #46E27F #465BE2 #E246A9

split-complementary

#E2CD46 #46A9E2 #7F46E2

monochromatic

#968518 #CBB420 #E2CD46 #EADB7B #F3EAB0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.61

#E2CD46 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.05

#E2CD46 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2CD46

13.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2CD46	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2CD46	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)

#E0C732

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6CF4E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3BEB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2cd46;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 205, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.2% 0.151 100.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efdb81',
    500: '#e2cd46',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2cd46;
$custom-light: #efdb81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2cd46",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.923,
    "s": 72.897,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84219,
    "c": 0.15122,
    "h": 100.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.60274
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2CD46

secondary

#32409A

accent

#51F038

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#17150B

muted

#85847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2CD46

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

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