#E2CD79#E2CD79

#E2CD79 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.612; OKLCH L 84.8% C 0.107 H 95.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2CD79
RGB	rgb(226, 205, 121)
HSL	hsl(48, 64%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(48, 46%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.3%, 46.5%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.49, -3.76, 44.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.49, 44.45, 94.86°)
OKLab	oklab(84.78% -0.0107 0.1066)
OKLCH	oklch(84.78% 0.107 95.7)
XYZ	xyz(56.6482, 61.2140, 26.9170)
Luminance	0.6121 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2CD79 #798EE2

analogous

#E29879 #E2CD79 #C2E279

triadic

#E2CD79 #79E2CD #CD79E2

tetradic

#E2CD79 #79E298 #798EE2 #E279C2

square

#E2CD79 #79E298 #798EE2 #E279C2

split-complementary

#E2CD79 #79C2E2 #9879E2

monochromatic

#B99C28 #D7BA47 #E2CD79 #EDE0AB #F8F3DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.59

#E2CD79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.24

#E2CD79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2CD79

13.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2CD79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2CD79	1.00	1.59	13.24	13.24
#FFFFFF	1.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCC972

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2D07C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F0C2B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2cd79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 205, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.8% 0.107 95.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eddca1',
    500: '#e2cd79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2cd79;
$custom-light: #eddca1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2cd79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48,
    "s": 64.417,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84782,
    "c": 0.10714,
    "h": 95.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.61212
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2CD79

secondary

#465DB9

accent

#3DCC19

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF5

border

#D6D4CF

text

#17150F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2CD79

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

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