#E2CD53#E2CD53

#E2CD53 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.605; OKLCH L 84.3% C 0.142 H 99.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2CD53
RGB	rgb(226, 205, 83)
HSL	hsl(51, 71%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(51, 63%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.3%, 63.3%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.09, -6.74, 61.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.09, 61.86, 96.26°)
OKLab	oklab(84.33% -0.0235 0.1399)
OKLCH	oklch(84.33% 0.142 99.5)
XYZ	xyz(54.7590, 60.4583, 16.9672)
Luminance	0.6046 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2CD53 #5368E2

analogous

#E28553 #E2CD53 #AFE253

triadic

#E2CD53 #53E2CD #CD53E2

tetradic

#E2CD53 #53E285 #5368E2 #E253AF

square

#E2CD53 #53E285 #5368E2 #E253AF

split-complementary

#E2CD53 #53AFE2 #8553E2

monochromatic

#A08C1B #D4BA24 #E2CD53 #EBDC87 #F4EBBC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.60

#E2CD53 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.09

#E2CD53 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2CD53

13.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2CD53	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2CD53	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)

#DFC845

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5D059

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3BFB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2cd53;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 205, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.3% 0.142 99.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eedb89',
    500: '#e2cd53',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2cd53;
$custom-light: #eedb89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2cd53",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.189,
    "s": 71.144,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84328,
    "c": 0.14188,
    "h": 99.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.60456
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2CD53

secondary

#3746A3

accent

#2FD312

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2CD53

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

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