#E2CD4D#E2CD4D

#E2CD4D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.604; OKLCH L 84.3% C 0.146 H 99.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2CD4D
RGB	rgb(226, 205, 77)
HSL	hsl(52, 72%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(52, 66%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.3%, 65.9%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.04, -7.10, 63.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.04, 64.33, 96.33°)
OKLab	oklab(84.28% -0.0251 0.1442)
OKLCH	oklch(84.28% 0.146 99.9)
XYZ	xyz(54.5373, 60.3697, 15.7996)
Luminance	0.6037 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2CD4D #4D62E2

analogous

#E2834D #E2CD4D #ACE24D

triadic

#E2CD4D #4DE2CD #CD4DE2

tetradic

#E2CD4D #4DE283 #4D62E2 #E24DAC

square

#E2CD4D #4DE283 #4D62E2 #E24DAC

split-complementary

#E2CD4D #4DACE2 #834DE2

monochromatic

#9B8919 #D0B722 #E2CD4D #EBDC82 #F3EBB6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.61

#E2CD4D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.07

#E2CD4D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2CD4D

13.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2CD4D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2CD4D	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)

#E0C83C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6CF54

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3BFB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2cd4d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 205, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.3% 0.146 99.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efdb85',
    500: '#e2cd4d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2cd4d;
$custom-light: #efdb85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2cd4d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.544,
    "s": 71.981,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84275,
    "c": 0.14638,
    "h": 99.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.60367
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2CD4D

secondary

#34439F

accent

#53EF39

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17150B

muted

#85847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2CD4D

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

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