#E2CD51#E2CD51

#E2CD51 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.604; OKLCH L 84.3% C 0.143 H 99.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2CD51
RGB	rgb(226, 205, 81)
HSL	hsl(51, 71%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(51, 64%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.3%, 64.2%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.07, -6.86, 62.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.07, 62.69, 96.28°)
OKLab	oklab(84.31% -0.024 0.1414)
OKLCH	oklch(84.31% 0.143 99.7)
XYZ	xyz(54.6829, 60.4279, 16.5664)
Luminance	0.6042 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2CD51 #5166E2

analogous

#E28451 #E2CD51 #AFE251

triadic

#E2CD51 #51E2CD #CD51E2

tetradic

#E2CD51 #51E284 #5166E2 #E251AF

square

#E2CD51 #51E284 #5166E2 #E251AF

split-complementary

#E2CD51 #51AFE2 #8451E2

monochromatic

#9E8B1A #D3B923 #E2CD51 #EBDC85 #F3EBBA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.60

#E2CD51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.09

#E2CD51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2CD51

13.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2CD51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2CD51	1.00	1.60	13.09	13.09
#FFFFFF	1.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DFC842

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5D058

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3BFB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2cd51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 205, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.3% 0.143 99.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eedb87',
    500: '#e2cd51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2cd51;
$custom-light: #eedb87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2cd51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.31,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8431,
    "c": 0.14341,
    "h": 99.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.60425
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2CD51

secondary

#3645A1

accent

#2ED312

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2CD51

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

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