#E2CD5C#E2CD5C

#E2CD5C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.606; OKLCH L 84.4% C 0.135 H 98.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2CD5C
RGB	rgb(226, 205, 92)
HSL	hsl(51, 70%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(51, 59%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.3%, 59.3%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.17, -6.15, 57.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.17, 57.98, 96.09°)
OKLab	oklab(84.42% -0.0207 0.133)
OKLCH	oklch(84.42% 0.135 98.9)
XYZ	xyz(55.1293, 60.6065, 18.9175)
Luminance	0.6060 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2CD5C #5C71E2

analogous

#E28A5C #E2CD5C #B4E25C

triadic

#E2CD5C #5CE2CD #CD5CE2

tetradic

#E2CD5C #5CE28A #5C71E2 #E25CB4

square

#E2CD5C #5CE28A #5C71E2 #E25CB4

split-complementary

#E2CD5C #5CB4E2 #8A5CE2

monochromatic

#A6911E #D9BD28 #E2CD5C #EBDD90 #F4EDC4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.60

#E2CD5C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.12

#E2CD5C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2CD5C

13.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2CD5C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2CD5C	1.00	1.60	13.12	13.12
#FFFFFF	1.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DFC850

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5D062

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F2C0B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2cd5c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 205, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.4% 0.135 98.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eedc8e',
    500: '#e2cd5c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2cd5c;
$custom-light: #eedc8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2cd5c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.597,
    "s": 69.792,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84418,
    "c": 0.1346,
    "h": 98.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.60604
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2CD5C

secondary

#3A4BA8

accent

#32D214

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2CD5C

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

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