#E2CD4B#E2CD4B

#E2CD4B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.603; OKLCH L 84.3% C 0.148 H 100.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2CD4B
RGB	rgb(226, 205, 75)
HSL	hsl(52, 72%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(52, 67%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.3%, 66.8%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.02, -7.21, 64.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.02, 65.13, 96.35°)
OKLab	oklab(84.26% -0.0257 0.1456)
OKLCH	oklch(84.26% 0.148 100)
XYZ	xyz(54.4677, 60.3418, 15.4334)
Luminance	0.6034 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2CD4B #4B60E2

analogous

#E2824B #E2CD4B #ABE24B

triadic

#E2CD4B #4BE2CD #CD4BE2

tetradic

#E2CD4B #4BE282 #4B60E2 #E24BAB

square

#E2CD4B #4BE282 #4B60E2 #E24BAB

split-complementary

#E2CD4B #4BABE2 #824BE2

monochromatic

#9A8819 #CFB621 #E2CD4B #EADC80 #F3EAB4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.61

#E2CD4B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.07

#E2CD4B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2CD4B

13.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2CD4B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2CD4B	1.00	1.61	13.07	13.07
#FFFFFF	1.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E0C73A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6CF52

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3BFB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2cd4b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 205, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.3% 0.148 100.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efdb84',
    500: '#e2cd4b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2cd4b;
$custom-light: #efdb84;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2cd4b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.656,
    "s": 72.249,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84258,
    "c": 0.1478,
    "h": 100
  },
  "luminance": 0.60339
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2CD4B

secondary

#34429E

accent

#52EF39

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17150B

muted

#85847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2CD4B

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

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