#E2CD4C#E2CD4C

#E2CD4C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.604; OKLCH L 84.3% C 0.147 H 100.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2CD4C
RGB	rgb(226, 205, 76)
HSL	hsl(52, 72%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(52, 66%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.3%, 66.4%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.03, -7.15, 64.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.03, 64.73, 96.34°)
OKLab	oklab(84.27% -0.0254 0.1449)
OKLCH	oklch(84.27% 0.147 100)
XYZ	xyz(54.5022, 60.3556, 15.6150)
Luminance	0.6035 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2CD4C #4C61E2

analogous

#E2824C #E2CD4C #ACE24C

triadic

#E2CD4C #4CE2CD #CD4CE2

tetradic

#E2CD4C #4CE282 #4C61E2 #E24CAC

square

#E2CD4C #4CE282 #4C61E2 #E24CAC

split-complementary

#E2CD4C #4CACE2 #824CE2

monochromatic

#9B8819 #CFB722 #E2CD4C #EBDC81 #F3EAB5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.61

#E2CD4C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.07

#E2CD4C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2CD4C

13.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2CD4C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2CD4C	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)

#E0C73B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6CF53

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3BFB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2cd4c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 205, 76);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.3% 0.147 100.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efdb84',
    500: '#e2cd4c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2cd4c;
$custom-light: #efdb84;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2cd4c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 76
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.6,
    "s": 72.115,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84267,
    "c": 0.14709,
    "h": 100
  },
  "luminance": 0.60353
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2CD4C

secondary

#34439E

accent

#52EF39

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17150B

muted

#85847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2CD4C

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

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