#E2CD6D#E2CD6D

#E2CD6D is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.609; OKLCH L 84.6% C 0.119 H 97.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2CD6D
RGB	rgb(226, 205, 109)
HSL	hsl(49, 67%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(49, 52%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.3%, 51.8%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.35, -4.84, 49.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.35, 50.20, 95.53°)
OKLab	oklab(84.62% -0.0151 0.1182)
OKLCH	oklch(84.62% 0.119 97.3)
XYZ	xyz(55.9575, 60.9378, 23.2796)
Luminance	0.6094 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2CD6D #6D82E2

analogous

#E2926D #E2CD6D #BCE26D

triadic

#E2CD6D #6DE2CD #CD6DE2

tetradic

#E2CD6D #6DE292 #6D82E2 #E26DBC

square

#E2CD6D #6DE292 #6D82E2 #E26DBC

split-complementary

#E2CD6D #6DBCE2 #926DE2

monochromatic

#B19823 #D8BC3A #E2CD6D #ECDEA0 #F6F0D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.59

#E2CD6D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.19

#E2CD6D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2CD6D

13.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2CD6D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2CD6D	1.00	1.59	13.19	13.19
#FFFFFF	1.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DEC964

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3D071

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F1C1B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2cd6d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 205, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.6% 0.119 97.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eddc99',
    500: '#e2cd6d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2cd6d;
$custom-light: #eddc99;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2cd6d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.231,
    "s": 66.857,
    "l": 65.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84617,
    "c": 0.11917,
    "h": 97.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.60936
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2CD6D

secondary

#4155B3

accent

#38CF17

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF5

border

#D6D4CF

text

#17150E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2CD6D

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

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