#E2CD50#E2CD50

#E2CD50 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.604; OKLCH L 84.3% C 0.144 H 99.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2CD50
RGB	rgb(226, 205, 80)
HSL	hsl(51, 72%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(51, 65%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.3%, 64.6%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.06, -6.92, 62.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.06, 63.11, 96.30°)
OKLab	oklab(84.3% -0.0243 0.1421)
OKLCH	oklch(84.3% 0.144 99.7)
XYZ	xyz(54.6456, 60.4130, 16.3703)
Luminance	0.6041 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2CD50 #5065E2

analogous

#E28450 #E2CD50 #AEE250

triadic

#E2CD50 #50E2CD #CD50E2

tetradic

#E2CD50 #50E284 #5065E2 #E250AE

square

#E2CD50 #50E284 #5065E2 #E250AE

split-complementary

#E2CD50 #50AEE2 #8450E2

monochromatic

#9E8B1A #D2B923 #E2CD50 #EBDC84 #F3EBB9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.61

#E2CD50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.08

#E2CD50 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2CD50

13.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2CD50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2CD50	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)

#E0C841

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5D057

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3BFB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2cd50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 205, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.3% 0.144 99.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eedb87',
    500: '#e2cd50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2cd50;
$custom-light: #eedb87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2cd50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.37,
    "s": 71.569,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84301,
    "c": 0.14417,
    "h": 99.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.60411
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2CD50

secondary

#3545A1

accent

#54EE39

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF3

border

#D6D4CD

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2CD50

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

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