#E2CD56#E2CD56

#E2CD56 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.605; OKLCH L 84.4% C 0.140 H 99.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2CD56
RGB	rgb(226, 205, 86)
HSL	hsl(51, 71%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(51, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.3%, 61.9%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.11, -6.55, 60.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.11, 60.59, 96.21°)
OKLab	oklab(84.36% -0.0226 0.1377)
OKLCH	oklch(84.36% 0.14 99.3)
XYZ	xyz(54.8773, 60.5057, 17.5904)
Luminance	0.6050 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2CD56 #566BE2

analogous

#E28756 #E2CD56 #B1E256

triadic

#E2CD56 #56E2CD #CD56E2

tetradic

#E2CD56 #56E287 #566BE2 #E256B1

square

#E2CD56 #56E287 #566BE2 #E256B1

split-complementary

#E2CD56 #56B1E2 #8756E2

monochromatic

#A28E1C #D6BB25 #E2CD56 #EBDC8A #F4ECBE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.60

#E2CD56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.10

#E2CD56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2CD56

13.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2CD56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2CD56	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)

#DFC848

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5D05C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F2BFB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2cd56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 205, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.4% 0.140 99.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eedb8a',
    500: '#e2cd56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2cd56;
$custom-light: #eedb8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2cd56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51,
    "s": 70.707,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84357,
    "c": 0.13953,
    "h": 99.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.60503
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2CD56

secondary

#3848A5

accent

#30D313

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2CD56

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

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