#E2CD65#E2CD65

#E2CD65 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.608; OKLCH L 84.5% C 0.127 H 98.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2CD65
RGB	rgb(226, 205, 101)
HSL	hsl(50, 68%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(50, 55%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.3%, 55.3%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.26, -5.49, 53.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.26, 53.93, 95.84°)
OKLab	oklab(84.52% -0.0178 0.1254)
OKLCH	oklch(84.52% 0.127 98.1)
XYZ	xyz(55.5463, 60.7733, 21.1139)
Luminance	0.6077 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2CD65 #657AE2

analogous

#E28F65 #E2CD65 #B9E265

triadic

#E2CD65 #65E2CD #CD65E2

tetradic

#E2CD65 #65E28F #657AE2 #E265B9

square

#E2CD65 #65E28F #657AE2 #E265B9

split-complementary

#E2CD65 #65B9E2 #8F65E2

monochromatic

#AC9520 #D8BC31 #E2CD65 #ECDE99 #F5EECC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.60

#E2CD65 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.15

#E2CD65 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2CD65

13.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2CD65	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2CD65	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)

#DEC85B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4D06A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F2C0B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2cd65;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 205, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.5% 0.127 98.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eedc94',
    500: '#e2cd65',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2cd65;
$custom-light: #eedc94;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2cd65",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.92,
    "s": 68.306,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84518,
    "c": 0.12668,
    "h": 98.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.60771
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2CD65

secondary

#3D50AE

accent

#35D015

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2CD65

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

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