#E2DC8A#E2DC8A

#E2DC8A is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.692; OKLCH L 88.1% C 0.104 H 104.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2DC8A
RGB	rgb(226, 220, 138)
HSL	hsl(56, 60%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(56, 39%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.7%, 38.9%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.60, -9.67, 41.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.60, 42.13, 103.26°)
OKLab	oklab(88.11% -0.0263 0.1001)
OKLCH	oklch(88.11% 0.104 104.7)
XYZ	xyz(61.5457, 69.1916, 34.1531)
Luminance	0.6919 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2DC8A #8A90E2

analogous

#E2B08A #E2DC8A #BCE28A

triadic

#E2DC8A #8AE2DC #DC8AE2

tetradic

#E2DC8A #8AE2B0 #8A90E2 #E28ABC

square

#E2DC8A #8AE2B0 #8A90E2 #E28ABC

split-complementary

#E2DC8A #8ABCE2 #B08AE2

monochromatic

#C2B830 #D6CD59 #E2DC8A #EEEBBB #F9F8E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.42

#E2DC8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.84

#E2DC8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2DC8A

14.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2DC8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2DC8A	1.00	1.42	14.84	14.84
#FFFFFF	1.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E9D684

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ECDB8D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EED2C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D9D9D9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2dc8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 220, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.1% 0.104 104.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ece6ad',
    500: '#e2dc8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2dc8a;
$custom-light: #ece6ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2dc8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.909,
    "s": 60.274,
    "l": 71.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8811,
    "c": 0.10352,
    "h": 104.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.6919
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2DC8A

secondary

#565DBA

accent

#29C81E

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFCF7

border

#D6D5D0

text

#161510

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2DC8A

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

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