#E2CD57#E2CD57

#E2CD57 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.605; OKLCH L 84.4% C 0.139 H 99.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2CD57
RGB	rgb(226, 205, 87)
HSL	hsl(51, 71%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(51, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.3%, 61.5%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.12, -6.49, 59.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.12, 60.16, 96.19°)
OKLab	oklab(84.37% -0.0223 0.1369)
OKLCH	oklch(84.37% 0.139 99.2)
XYZ	xyz(54.9179, 60.5219, 17.8041)
Luminance	0.6052 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2CD57 #576CE2

analogous

#E28857 #E2CD57 #B2E257

triadic

#E2CD57 #57E2CD #CD57E2

tetradic

#E2CD57 #57E288 #576CE2 #E257B2

square

#E2CD57 #57E288 #576CE2 #E257B2

split-complementary

#E2CD57 #57B2E2 #8857E2

monochromatic

#A38E1C #D7BC25 #E2CD57 #EBDD8B #F4ECBF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.60

#E2CD57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.10

#E2CD57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2CD57

13.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2CD57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2CD57	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)

#DFC84A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5D05D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F2BFB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2cd57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 205, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.4% 0.139 99.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eedc8b',
    500: '#e2cd57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2cd57;
$custom-light: #eedc8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2cd57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.935,
    "s": 70.558,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84367,
    "c": 0.13872,
    "h": 99.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.6052
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2CD57

secondary

#3848A5

accent

#30D313

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2CD57

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

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