#E2CD66#E2CD66

#E2CD66 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.608; OKLCH L 84.5% C 0.126 H 98.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2CD66
RGB	rgb(226, 205, 102)
HSL	hsl(50, 68%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(50, 55%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.3%, 54.9%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.27, -5.41, 53.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.27, 53.47, 95.81°)
OKLab	oklab(84.53% -0.0175 0.1245)
OKLCH	oklch(84.53% 0.126 98)
XYZ	xyz(55.5956, 60.7930, 21.3735)
Luminance	0.6079 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2CD66 #667BE2

analogous

#E28F66 #E2CD66 #B9E266

triadic

#E2CD66 #66E2CD #CD66E2

tetradic

#E2CD66 #66E28F #667BE2 #E266B9

square

#E2CD66 #66E28F #667BE2 #E266B9

split-complementary

#E2CD66 #66B9E2 #8F66E2

monochromatic

#AD9521 #D8BC33 #E2CD66 #ECDE99 #F6EFCD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.60

#E2CD66 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.16

#E2CD66 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2CD66

13.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2CD66	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2CD66	1.00	1.60	13.16	13.16
#FFFFFF	1.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DEC85C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4D06B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F2C0B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2cd66;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 205, 102);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.5% 0.126 98.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eedc94',
    500: '#e2cd66',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2cd66;
$custom-light: #eedc94;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2cd66",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 102
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.839,
    "s": 68.132,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8453,
    "c": 0.12576,
    "h": 98
  },
  "luminance": 0.60791
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2CD66

secondary

#3E51AE

accent

#35D015

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2CD66

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

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