#E2CD8D#E2CD8D

#E2CD8D is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.618; OKLCH L 85.1% C 0.085 H 92.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2CD8D
RGB	rgb(226, 205, 141)
HSL	hsl(45, 59%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(45, 38%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.3%, 37.6%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.78, -1.68, 34.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.78, 34.59, 92.79°)
OKLab	oklab(85.11% -0.003 0.0854)
OKLCH	oklch(85.11% 0.085 92)
XYZ	xyz(58.0042, 61.7564, 34.0589)
Luminance	0.6175 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2CD8D #8DA2E2

analogous

#E2A28D #E2CD8D #CDE28D

triadic

#E2CD8D #8DE2CD #CD8DE2

tetradic

#E2CD8D #8DE2A2 #8DA2E2 #E28DCD

square

#E2CD8D #8DE2A2 #8DA2E2 #E28DCD

split-complementary

#E2CD8D #8DCDE2 #A28DE2

monochromatic

#C39F32 #D6B85C #E2CD8D #EEE2BE #F9F4E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.57

#E2CD8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.35

#E2CD8D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2CD8D

13.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2CD8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2CD8D	1.00	1.57	13.35	13.35
#FFFFFF	1.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DACA88

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0D18F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EFC3BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2cd8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 205, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.1% 0.085 92.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecdcaf',
    500: '#e2cd8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2cd8d;
$custom-light: #ecdcaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2cd8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.176,
    "s": 59.441,
    "l": 71.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85106,
    "c": 0.08544,
    "h": 92
  },
  "luminance": 0.61754
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2CD8D

secondary

#5971BA

accent

#48C71E

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFBF7

border

#D6D4D0

text

#161510

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2CD8D

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

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