#E2CD59#E2CD59

#E2CD59 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.606; OKLCH L 84.4% C 0.137 H 99.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2CD59
RGB	rgb(226, 205, 89)
HSL	hsl(51, 70%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(51, 61%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.3%, 60.6%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.14, -6.35, 58.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.14, 59.29, 96.15°)
OKLab	oklab(84.39% -0.0217 0.1354)
OKLCH	oklch(84.39% 0.137 99.1)
XYZ	xyz(55.0007, 60.5550, 18.2404)
Luminance	0.6055 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2CD59 #596EE2

analogous

#E28959 #E2CD59 #B3E259

triadic

#E2CD59 #59E2CD #CD59E2

tetradic

#E2CD59 #59E289 #596EE2 #E259B3

square

#E2CD59 #59E289 #596EE2 #E259B3

split-complementary

#E2CD59 #59B3E2 #8959E2

monochromatic

#A48F1D #D8BD26 #E2CD59 #EBDD8D #F4ECC1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.60

#E2CD59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.11

#E2CD59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2CD59

13.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2CD59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2CD59	1.00	1.60	13.11	13.11
#FFFFFF	1.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DFC84C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5D05F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F2BFB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2cd59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 205, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.4% 0.137 99.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eedc8c',
    500: '#e2cd59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2cd59;
$custom-light: #eedc8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2cd59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.803,
    "s": 70.256,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84387,
    "c": 0.13709,
    "h": 99.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.60553
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2CD59

secondary

#394AA6

accent

#31D213

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2CD59

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

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