#E2CD4E#E2CD4E

#E2CD4E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.604; OKLCH L 84.3% C 0.146 H 99.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2CD4E
RGB	rgb(226, 205, 78)
HSL	hsl(51, 72%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(51, 65%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.3%, 65.5%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.05, -7.04, 63.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.05, 63.92, 96.32°)
OKLab	oklab(84.28% -0.0249 0.1435)
OKLCH	oklch(84.28% 0.146 99.8)
XYZ	xyz(54.5729, 60.3839, 15.9869)
Luminance	0.6038 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2CD4E #4E63E2

analogous

#E2834E #E2CD4E #ADE24E

triadic

#E2CD4E #4EE2CD #CD4EE2

tetradic

#E2CD4E #4EE283 #4E63E2 #E24EAD

square

#E2CD4E #4EE283 #4E63E2 #E24EAD

split-complementary

#E2CD4E #4EADE2 #834EE2

monochromatic

#9C8A1A #D1B822 #E2CD4E #EBDC83 #F3EBB7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.61

#E2CD4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.08

#E2CD4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2CD4E

13.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2CD4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2CD4E	1.00	1.61	13.08	13.08
#FFFFFF	1.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E0C83E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5CF55

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3BFB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2cd4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 205, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.3% 0.146 99.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efdb86',
    500: '#e2cd4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2cd4e;
$custom-light: #efdb86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2cd4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.486,
    "s": 71.845,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84284,
    "c": 0.14565,
    "h": 99.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.60381
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2CD4E

secondary

#35449F

accent

#53EF39

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17150B

muted

#85847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2CD4E

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

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