#E2CD5A#E2CD5A

#E2CD5A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.606; OKLCH L 84.4% C 0.136 H 99.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2CD5A
RGB	rgb(226, 205, 90)
HSL	hsl(51, 70%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(51, 60%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.3%, 60.2%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.15, -6.29, 58.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.15, 58.86, 96.13°)
OKLab	oklab(84.4% -0.0214 0.1346)
OKLCH	oklch(84.4% 0.136 99)
XYZ	xyz(55.0430, 60.5719, 18.4631)
Luminance	0.6057 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2CD5A #5A6FE2

analogous

#E2895A #E2CD5A #B3E25A

triadic

#E2CD5A #5AE2CD #CD5AE2

tetradic

#E2CD5A #5AE289 #5A6FE2 #E25AB3

square

#E2CD5A #5AE289 #5A6FE2 #E25AB3

split-complementary

#E2CD5A #5AB3E2 #895AE2

monochromatic

#A5901D #D9BD26 #E2CD5A #EBDD8E #F4EDC2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.60

#E2CD5A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.11

#E2CD5A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2CD5A

13.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2CD5A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2CD5A	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)

#DFC84E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5D060

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F2BFB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2cd5a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 205, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.4% 0.136 99.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eedc8d',
    500: '#e2cd5a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2cd5a;
$custom-light: #eedc8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2cd5a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.735,
    "s": 70.103,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84397,
    "c": 0.13627,
    "h": 99
  },
  "luminance": 0.6057
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2CD5A

secondary

#394AA7

accent

#31D213

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2CD5A

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

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