#E2CD61#E2CD61

#E2CD61 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.607; OKLCH L 84.5% C 0.130 H 98.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2CD61
RGB	rgb(226, 205, 97)
HSL	hsl(50, 69%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(50, 57%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.3%, 57.1%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.22, -5.79, 55.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.22, 55.75, 95.96°)
OKLab	oklab(84.47% -0.0191 0.1289)
OKLCH	oklch(84.47% 0.13 98.4)
XYZ	xyz(55.3551, 60.6968, 20.1068)
Luminance	0.6069 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2CD61 #6176E2

analogous

#E28C61 #E2CD61 #B6E261

triadic

#E2CD61 #61E2CD #CD61E2

tetradic

#E2CD61 #61E28C #6176E2 #E261B6

square

#E2CD61 #61E28C #6176E2 #E261B6

split-complementary

#E2CD61 #61B6E2 #8C61E2

monochromatic

#A9931F #D9BD2D #E2CD61 #EBDD95 #F5EEC8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.60

#E2CD61 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.14

#E2CD61 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2CD61

13.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2CD61	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2CD61	1.00	1.60	13.14	13.14
#FFFFFF	1.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DEC856

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4D066

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F2C0B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2cd61;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 205, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.5% 0.130 98.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eedc91',
    500: '#e2cd61',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2cd61;
$custom-light: #eedc91;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2cd61",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.233,
    "s": 68.984,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84472,
    "c": 0.13027,
    "h": 98.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.60694
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2CD61

secondary

#3C4EAB

accent

#33D115

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2CD61

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

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