#E2CD6F#E2CD6F
#E2CD6F is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.610; OKLCH L 84.6% C 0.117 H 97.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E2CD6F |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(226, 205, 111) |
| HSL | hsl(49, 66%, 66%) |
| HSV | hsv(49, 51%, 89%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 9.3%, 50.9%, 11.4%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(82.37, -4.67, 49.04) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(82.37, 49.26, 95.44°) |
| OKLab | oklab(84.64% -0.0144 0.1163) |
| OKLCH | oklch(84.64% 0.117 97) |
| XYZ | xyz(56.0664, 60.9813, 23.8531) |
| Luminance | 0.6098 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Sand (survey)
#E2CA76
ΔE00 1.95
Sandy
#F1DA7A
ΔE00 3.15
Wheat (survey)
#FBDD7E
ΔE00 4.76
Light Mustard
#F7D560
ΔE00 4.91
Maize
#F4D054
ΔE00 5.37
Dull Yellow
#EEDC5B
ΔE00 5.47
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E2CD6F #6F84E2
analogous
#E2936F #E2CD6F #BEE26F
triadic
#E2CD6F #6FE2CD #CD6FE2
tetradic
#E2CD6F #6FE293 #6F84E2 #E26FBE
square
#E2CD6F #6FE293 #6F84E2 #E26FBE
split-complementary
#E2CD6F #6FBEE2 #936FE2
monochromatic
#B39924 #D8BB3C #E2CD6F #ECDFA2 #F7F0D5
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.59
#E2CD6F on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
13.20
#E2CD6F on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E2CD6F
13.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E2CD6F | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E2CD6F | 1.00 | 1.59 | 13.20 | 13.20 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.59 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 13.20 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 13.20 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#DDC967
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#E3D073
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F1C1B7
Achromatopsia (no color)
#CDCDCD
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e2cd6f; /* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 205, 111); /* oklch */ color: oklch(84.6% 0.117 97.0);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#eddc9a',
500: '#e2cd6f',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e2cd6f; $custom-light: #eddc9a; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e2cd6f",
"rgb": {
"r": 226,
"g": 205,
"b": 111
},
"hsl": {
"h": 49.043,
"s": 66.474,
"l": 66.078
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.84643,
"c": 0.11722,
"h": 97
},
"luminance": 0.60979
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E2CD6F
secondary
#4256B4
accent
#39CE17
background
#FFFEFC
surface
#FEFBF5
border
#D6D4CF
text
#17150E
muted
#85847F