#E2CD72#E2CD72

#E2CD72 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.610; OKLCH L 84.7% C 0.114 H 96.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2CD72
RGB	rgb(226, 205, 114)
HSL	hsl(49, 66%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(49, 50%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.3%, 49.6%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.40, -4.41, 47.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.40, 47.83, 95.29°)
OKLab	oklab(84.68% -0.0133 0.1135)
OKLCH	oklch(84.68% 0.114 96.7)
XYZ	xyz(56.2344, 61.0485, 24.7377)
Luminance	0.6105 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2CD72 #7287E2

analogous

#E29572 #E2CD72 #BFE272

triadic

#E2CD72 #72E2CD #CD72E2

tetradic

#E2CD72 #72E295 #7287E2 #E272BF

square

#E2CD72 #72E295 #7287E2 #E272BF

split-complementary

#E2CD72 #72BFE2 #9572E2

monochromatic

#B49A25 #D8BB3F #E2CD72 #ECDFA5 #F7F1D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.59

#E2CD72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.21

#E2CD72 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2CD72

13.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2CD72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2CD72	1.00	1.59	13.21	13.21
#FFFFFF	1.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DDC96A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3D076

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F1C1B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2cd72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 205, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.7% 0.114 96.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eddc9c',
    500: '#e2cd72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2cd72;
$custom-light: #eddc9c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2cd72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.75,
    "s": 65.882,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84683,
    "c": 0.11425,
    "h": 96.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.61046
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2CD72

secondary

#4358B5

accent

#3ACE18

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF5

border

#D6D4CF

text

#17150E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2CD72

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

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