#E2CD5F#E2CD5F

#E2CD5F is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.607; OKLCH L 84.5% C 0.132 H 98.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2CD5F
RGB	rgb(226, 205, 95)
HSL	hsl(50, 69%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(50, 58%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.3%, 58%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.20, -5.94, 56.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.20, 56.65, 96.02°)
OKLab	oklab(84.45% -0.0198 0.1305)
OKLCH	oklch(84.45% 0.132 98.6)
XYZ	xyz(55.2630, 60.6600, 19.6218)
Luminance	0.6066 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2CD5F #5F74E2

analogous

#E28C5F #E2CD5F #B5E25F

triadic

#E2CD5F #5FE2CD #CD5FE2

tetradic

#E2CD5F #5FE28C #5F74E2 #E25FB5

square

#E2CD5F #5FE28C #5F74E2 #E25FB5

split-complementary

#E2CD5F #5FB5E2 #8C5FE2

monochromatic

#A8921E #D9BD2B #E2CD5F #EBDD93 #F5EDC7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.60

#E2CD5F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.13

#E2CD5F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2CD5F

13.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2CD5F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2CD5F	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)

#DFC854

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4D064

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F2C0B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2cd5f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 205, 95);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.5% 0.132 98.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eedc90',
    500: '#e2cd5f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2cd5f;
$custom-light: #eedc90;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2cd5f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 95
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.382,
    "s": 69.312,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8445,
    "c": 0.13202,
    "h": 98.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.60658
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2CD5F

secondary

#3B4DAA

accent

#33D114

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2CD5F

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

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