#E2CD63#E2CD63
#E2CD63 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.607; OKLCH L 84.5% C 0.128 H 98.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E2CD63 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(226, 205, 99) |
| HSL | hsl(50, 69%, 64%) |
| HSV | hsv(50, 56%, 89%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 9.3%, 56.2%, 11.4%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(82.24, -5.64, 54.55) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(82.24, 54.84, 95.91°) |
| OKLab | oklab(84.5% -0.0185 0.1272) |
| OKLCH | oklch(84.5% 0.128 98.3) |
| XYZ | xyz(55.4495, 60.7346, 20.6041) |
| Luminance | 0.6073 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Sand (survey)
#E2CA76
ΔE00 3.48
Sandy
#F1DA7A
ΔE00 3.58
Dull Yellow
#EEDC5B
ΔE00 4.30
Light Mustard
#F7D560
ΔE00 4.31
Maize
#F4D054
ΔE00 4.54
Pale Gold
#FDDE6C
ΔE00 5.07
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E2CD63 #6378E2
analogous
#E28D63 #E2CD63 #B7E263
triadic
#E2CD63 #63E2CD #CD63E2
tetradic
#E2CD63 #63E28D #6378E2 #E263B7
square
#E2CD63 #63E28D #6378E2 #E263B7
split-complementary
#E2CD63 #63B7E2 #8D63E2
monochromatic
#AB9420 #D8BC2F #E2CD63 #ECDE97 #F5EECA
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.60
#E2CD63 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
13.15
#E2CD63 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E2CD63
13.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E2CD63 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E2CD63 | 1.00 | 1.60 | 13.15 | 13.15 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.60 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 13.15 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 13.15 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#DEC859
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#E4D068
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F2C0B5
Achromatopsia (no color)
#CDCDCD
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e2cd63; /* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 205, 99); /* oklch */ color: oklch(84.5% 0.128 98.3);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#eedc92',
500: '#e2cd63',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e2cd63; $custom-light: #eedc92; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e2cd63",
"rgb": {
"r": 226,
"g": 205,
"b": 99
},
"hsl": {
"h": 50.079,
"s": 68.649,
"l": 63.725
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.84495,
"c": 0.12849,
"h": 98.3
},
"luminance": 0.60732
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E2CD63
secondary
#3D4FAD
accent
#34D115
background
#FFFEFC
surface
#FEFBF4
border
#D6D4CE
text
#17150D
muted
#85847F