#E2CD5E#E2CD5E

#E2CD5E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.606; OKLCH L 84.4% C 0.133 H 98.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2CD5E
RGB	rgb(226, 205, 94)
HSL	hsl(50, 69%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(50, 58%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.3%, 58.4%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.19, -6.01, 56.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.19, 57.09, 96.04°)
OKLab	oklab(84.44% -0.0201 0.1314)
OKLCH	oklch(84.44% 0.133 98.7)
XYZ	xyz(55.2179, 60.6419, 19.3840)
Luminance	0.6064 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2CD5E #5E73E2

analogous

#E28B5E #E2CD5E #B5E25E

triadic

#E2CD5E #5EE2CD #CD5EE2

tetradic

#E2CD5E #5EE28B #5E73E2 #E25EB5

square

#E2CD5E #5EE28B #5E73E2 #E25EB5

split-complementary

#E2CD5E #5EB5E2 #8B5EE2

monochromatic

#A7921E #D9BD2A #E2CD5E #EBDD92 #F5EDC6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.60

#E2CD5E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.13

#E2CD5E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2CD5E

13.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2CD5E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2CD5E	1.00	1.60	13.13	13.13
#FFFFFF	1.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DFC852

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4D063

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F2C0B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2cd5e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 205, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.4% 0.133 98.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eedc8f',
    500: '#e2cd5e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2cd5e;
$custom-light: #eedc8f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2cd5e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.455,
    "s": 69.474,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84439,
    "c": 0.13289,
    "h": 98.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.6064
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2CD5E

secondary

#3B4CAA

accent

#32D114

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2CD5E

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

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