#E2CD52#E2CD52

#E2CD52 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.604; OKLCH L 84.3% C 0.143 H 99.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2CD52
RGB	rgb(226, 205, 82)
HSL	hsl(51, 71%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(51, 64%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.3%, 63.7%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.08, -6.80, 61.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.08, 62.28, 96.27°)
OKLab	oklab(84.32% -0.0237 0.1407)
OKLCH	oklch(84.32% 0.143 99.6)
XYZ	xyz(54.7206, 60.4430, 16.7653)
Luminance	0.6044 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2CD52 #5267E2

analogous

#E28552 #E2CD52 #AFE252

triadic

#E2CD52 #52E2CD #CD52E2

tetradic

#E2CD52 #52E285 #5267E2 #E252AF

square

#E2CD52 #52E285 #5267E2 #E252AF

split-complementary

#E2CD52 #52AFE2 #8552E2

monochromatic

#9F8C1B #D3BA23 #E2CD52 #EBDC86 #F4EBBB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.60

#E2CD52 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.09

#E2CD52 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2CD52

13.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2CD52	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2CD52	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)

#DFC843

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5D059

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3BFB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2cd52;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 205, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.3% 0.143 99.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eedb88',
    500: '#e2cd52',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2cd52;
$custom-light: #eedb88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2cd52",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.25,
    "s": 71.287,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84319,
    "c": 0.14265,
    "h": 99.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.60441
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2CD52

secondary

#3646A2

accent

#2ED312

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2CD52

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

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