#E2CD48#E2CD48

#E2CD48 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.603; OKLCH L 84.2% C 0.150 H 100.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2CD48
RGB	rgb(226, 205, 72)
HSL	hsl(52, 73%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(52, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.3%, 68.1%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.00, -7.37, 65.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.00, 66.30, 96.38°)
OKLab	oklab(84.23% -0.0265 0.1475)
OKLCH	oklch(84.23% 0.15 100.2)
XYZ	xyz(54.3675, 60.3017, 14.9053)
Luminance	0.6030 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2CD48 #485DE2

analogous

#E28048 #E2CD48 #AAE248

triadic

#E2CD48 #48E2CD #CD48E2

tetradic

#E2CD48 #48E280 #485DE2 #E248AA

square

#E2CD48 #48E280 #485DE2 #E248AA

split-complementary

#E2CD48 #48AAE2 #8048E2

monochromatic

#988618 #CCB520 #E2CD48 #EADB7D #F3EAB2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.61

#E2CD48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.06

#E2CD48 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2CD48

13.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2CD48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2CD48	1.00	1.61	13.06	13.06
#FFFFFF	1.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E0C735

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6CF50

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3BFB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2cd48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 205, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.2% 0.150 100.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efdb82',
    500: '#e2cd48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2cd48;
$custom-light: #efdb82;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2cd48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.818,
    "s": 72.642,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84234,
    "c": 0.14988,
    "h": 100.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.60299
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2CD48

secondary

#33419C

accent

#51EF38

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#17150B

muted

#85847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2CD48

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →