#E2CD71#E2CD71
#E2CD71 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.610; OKLCH L 84.7% C 0.115 H 96.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E2CD71 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(226, 205, 113) |
| HSL | hsl(49, 66%, 66%) |
| HSV | hsv(49, 50%, 89%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 9.3%, 50%, 11.4%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(82.39, -4.50, 48.10) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(82.39, 48.31, 95.34°) |
| OKLab | oklab(84.67% -0.0136 0.1144) |
| OKLCH | oklch(84.67% 0.115 96.8) |
| XYZ | xyz(56.1778, 61.0259, 24.4396) |
| Luminance | 0.6102 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Sand (survey)
#E2CA76
ΔE00 1.71
Sandy
#F1DA7A
ΔE00 3.17
Wheat (survey)
#FBDD7E
ΔE00 4.74
Light Mustard
#F7D560
ΔE00 5.07
Maize
#F4D054
ΔE00 5.55
Pale Gold
#FDDE6C
ΔE00 5.60
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E2CD71 #7186E2
analogous
#E29571 #E2CD71 #BEE271
triadic
#E2CD71 #71E2CD #CD71E2
tetradic
#E2CD71 #71E295 #7186E2 #E271BE
square
#E2CD71 #71E295 #7186E2 #E271BE
split-complementary
#E2CD71 #71BEE2 #9571E2
monochromatic
#B49925 #D8BB3E #E2CD71 #ECDFA4 #F7F1D7
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.59
#E2CD71 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
13.20
#E2CD71 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E2CD71
13.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E2CD71 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E2CD71 | 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)
#DDC969
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#E3D075
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F1C1B7
Achromatopsia (no color)
#CDCDCD
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e2cd71; /* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 205, 113); /* oklch */ color: oklch(84.7% 0.115 96.8);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#eddc9c',
500: '#e2cd71',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e2cd71; $custom-light: #eddc9c; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e2cd71",
"rgb": {
"r": 226,
"g": 205,
"b": 113
},
"hsl": {
"h": 48.85,
"s": 66.082,
"l": 66.471
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.84669,
"c": 0.11525,
"h": 96.8
},
"luminance": 0.61024
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E2CD71
secondary
#4258B5
accent
#39CE18
background
#FFFEFC
surface
#FEFBF5
border
#D6D4CF
text
#17150E
muted
#85847F