#E2CD55#E2CD55

#E2CD55 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.605; OKLCH L 84.3% C 0.140 H 99.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2CD55
RGB	rgb(226, 205, 85)
HSL	hsl(51, 71%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(51, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.3%, 62.4%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.10, -6.62, 60.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.10, 61.01, 96.22°)
OKLab	oklab(84.35% -0.0229 0.1384)
OKLCH	oklch(84.35% 0.14 99.4)
XYZ	xyz(54.8373, 60.4897, 17.3797)
Luminance	0.6049 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2CD55 #556AE2

analogous

#E28655 #E2CD55 #B0E255

triadic

#E2CD55 #55E2CD #CD55E2

tetradic

#E2CD55 #55E286 #556AE2 #E255B0

square

#E2CD55 #55E286 #556AE2 #E255B0

split-complementary

#E2CD55 #55B0E2 #8655E2

monochromatic

#A18D1B #D5BB24 #E2CD55 #EBDC89 #F4ECBE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.60

#E2CD55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.10

#E2CD55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2CD55

13.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2CD55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2CD55	1.00	1.60	13.10	13.10
#FFFFFF	1.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DFC847

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5D05B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F2BFB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2cd55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 205, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.3% 0.140 99.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eedb8a',
    500: '#e2cd55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2cd55;
$custom-light: #eedb8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2cd55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.064,
    "s": 70.854,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84347,
    "c": 0.14032,
    "h": 99.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.60487
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2CD55

secondary

#3747A4

accent

#2FD313

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2CD55

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

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