#E2CD73#E2CD73
#E2CD73 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.611; OKLCH L 84.7% C 0.113 H 96.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E2CD73 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(226, 205, 115) |
| HSL | hsl(49, 66%, 67%) |
| HSV | hsv(49, 49%, 89%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 9.3%, 49.1%, 11.4%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(82.42, -4.32, 47.15) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(82.42, 47.35, 95.23°) |
| OKLab | oklab(84.7% -0.0129 0.1125) |
| OKLCH | oklch(84.7% 0.113 96.6) |
| XYZ | xyz(56.2916, 61.0714, 25.0391) |
| Luminance | 0.6107 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Sand (survey)
#E2CA76
ΔE00 1.48
Sandy
#F1DA7A
ΔE00 3.21
Wheat (survey)
#FBDD7E
ΔE00 4.74
Light Mustard
#F7D560
ΔE00 5.24
Pale Gold
#FDDE6C
ΔE00 5.74
Maize
#F4D054
ΔE00 5.75
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E2CD73 #7388E2
analogous
#E29673 #E2CD73 #BFE273
triadic
#E2CD73 #73E2CD #CD73E2
tetradic
#E2CD73 #73E296 #7388E2 #E273BF
square
#E2CD73 #73E296 #7388E2 #E273BF
split-complementary
#E2CD73 #73BFE2 #9673E2
monochromatic
#B59A26 #D7BB40 #E2CD73 #EDDFA6 #F7F1D8
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.59
#E2CD73 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
13.21
#E2CD73 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E2CD73
13.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E2CD73 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E2CD73 | 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)
#DDC96B
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#E3D077
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F1C1B8
Achromatopsia (no color)
#CDCDCD
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e2cd73; /* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 205, 115); /* oklch */ color: oklch(84.7% 0.113 96.6);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#eddc9d',
500: '#e2cd73',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e2cd73; $custom-light: #eddc9d; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e2cd73",
"rgb": {
"r": 226,
"g": 205,
"b": 115
},
"hsl": {
"h": 48.649,
"s": 65.68,
"l": 66.863
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.84697,
"c": 0.11326,
"h": 96.6
},
"luminance": 0.61069
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E2CD73
secondary
#4359B6
accent
#3ACE18
background
#FFFEFC
surface
#FEFBF5
border
#D6D4CF
text
#17150E
muted
#85847F