#E2CD74#E2CD74

#E2CD74 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.611; OKLCH L 84.7% C 0.112 H 96.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2CD74
RGB	rgb(226, 205, 116)
HSL	hsl(49, 65%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(49, 49%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.3%, 48.7%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.43, -4.23, 46.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.43, 46.87, 95.18°)
OKLab	oklab(84.71% -0.0125 0.1115)
OKLCH	oklch(84.71% 0.112 96.4)
XYZ	xyz(56.3495, 61.0945, 25.3438)
Luminance	0.6109 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2CD74 #7489E2

analogous

#E29674 #E2CD74 #C0E274

triadic

#E2CD74 #74E2CD #CD74E2

tetradic

#E2CD74 #74E296 #7489E2 #E274C0

square

#E2CD74 #74E296 #7489E2 #E274C0

split-complementary

#E2CD74 #74C0E2 #9674E2

monochromatic

#B69A26 #D7BB41 #E2CD74 #EDDFA7 #F7F1D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.59

#E2CD74 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.22

#E2CD74 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2CD74

13.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2CD74	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2CD74	1.00	1.59	13.22	13.22
#FFFFFF	1.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DDC96C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3D078

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F1C1B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2cd74;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 205, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.7% 0.112 96.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eddc9e',
    500: '#e2cd74',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2cd74;
$custom-light: #eddc9e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2cd74",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.545,
    "s": 65.476,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84711,
    "c": 0.11224,
    "h": 96.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.61092
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2CD74

secondary

#445AB6

accent

#3BCD18

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF5

border

#D6D4CF

text

#17150E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2CD74

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

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