#E2CD4F#E2CD4F

#E2CD4F is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.604; OKLCH L 84.3% C 0.145 H 99.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2CD4F
RGB	rgb(226, 205, 79)
HSL	hsl(51, 72%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(51, 65%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.3%, 65%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.05, -6.98, 63.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.05, 63.52, 96.31°)
OKLab	oklab(84.29% -0.0246 0.1428)
OKLCH	oklch(84.29% 0.145 99.8)
XYZ	xyz(54.6090, 60.3983, 16.1772)
Luminance	0.6040 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2CD4F #4F64E2

analogous

#E2844F #E2CD4F #ADE24F

triadic

#E2CD4F #4FE2CD #CD4FE2

tetradic

#E2CD4F #4FE284 #4F64E2 #E24FAD

square

#E2CD4F #4FE284 #4F64E2 #E24FAD

split-complementary

#E2CD4F #4FADE2 #844FE2

monochromatic

#9D8A1A #D1B822 #E2CD4F #EBDC84 #F3EBB8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.61

#E2CD4F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.08

#E2CD4F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2CD4F

13.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2CD4F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2CD4F	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)

#E0C83F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5CF56

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3BFB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2cd4f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 205, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.3% 0.145 99.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efdb86',
    500: '#e2cd4f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2cd4f;
$custom-light: #efdb86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2cd4f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.429,
    "s": 71.707,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84292,
    "c": 0.14491,
    "h": 99.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.60396
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2CD4F

secondary

#3544A0

accent

#53EE39

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF3

border

#D6D4CD

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2CD4F

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

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