#E2CD85#E2CD85

#E2CD85 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.615; OKLCH L 85.0% C 0.094 H 93.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2CD85
RGB	rgb(226, 205, 133)
HSL	hsl(46, 62%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(46, 41%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.3%, 41.2%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.66, -2.56, 38.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.66, 38.57, 93.80°)
OKLab	oklab(84.97% -0.0061 0.0941)
OKLCH	oklch(84.97% 0.094 93.7)
XYZ	xyz(57.4304, 61.5269, 31.0364)
Luminance	0.6152 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2CD85 #859AE2

analogous

#E29F85 #E2CD85 #C8E285

triadic

#E2CD85 #85E2CD #CD85E2

tetradic

#E2CD85 #85E29F #859AE2 #E285C8

square

#E2CD85 #85E29F #859AE2 #E285C8

split-complementary

#E2CD85 #85C8E2 #9F85E2

monochromatic

#BF9E2D #D6B954 #E2CD85 #EEE1B6 #F9F5E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.58

#E2CD85 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.31

#E2CD85 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2CD85

13.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2CD85	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2CD85	1.00	1.58	13.31	13.31
#FFFFFF	1.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBCA80

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1D188

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EFC3BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2cd85;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 205, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.0% 0.094 93.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecdca9',
    500: '#e2cd85',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2cd85;
$custom-light: #ecdca9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2cd85",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.452,
    "s": 61.589,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84969,
    "c": 0.09433,
    "h": 93.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.61525
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2CD85

secondary

#5169BA

accent

#43C91C

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFBF7

border

#D6D4D0

text

#161510

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2CD85

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

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