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#E2CD65 — Yellow

#E2CD65 is a yellow color we call Yellow, closest to the named color BurlyWood (#DEB887). It belongs to the yellow family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: burlywood (#DEB887) — not an exact match. CSS burlywood gives you #DEB887, a different color; use #E2CD65 when you need this exact shade.

Sources: common names follow widely used color-name references; CSS keywords and their hex values follow the CSS Color specification.

#E2CD65 is a warm yellow color associated with optimism, attention and cheer. It is saturated enough to be the accent — buttons, highlights and calls to action — while neutrals do the quiet work around it.

Its strongest partner is its complement #657AE2; it also sits naturally between #E28E65 and #B8E265. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#E2CD65 · RGB 226, 205, 101

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Color values

HEX#E2CD65
RGB226, 205, 101
HSL50°, 68%, 64%
HSV50°, 55%, 89%
CMYK0%, 9%, 55%, 11%
XYZ55.54, 60.77, 21.11
Yxy60.77, 0.4042, 0.4422
CIE-Lab82.26, -5.49, 53.64
Hunter Lab77.96, -5.16, 35.58

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 89% · Green 80% · Blue 40%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 9% · Yellow 55% · Key 11%

CMYK values are unprofiled approximations for screen reference — not a print-proofing guarantee.

Previews

Sample text in #E2CD65 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #E2CD65 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #E2CD65

.text { color: #E2CD65; }
.background { background-color: #E2CD65; }
.border { border: 3px solid #E2CD65; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(226, 205, 101); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(50, 68%, 64%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #E2CD65; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(226, 205, 101, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #E2CD65; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(226, 205, 101, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#E2CD65">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#E2CD65">Div content here</div>

Shades of #E2CD65

#DDC44B#D8BC31#C5AA26#AB9421#927E1C#786817#5E5212#453B0D#2B2508#110F03

Tints of #E2CD65

#E4D172#E7D57E#EADB90#ECDF9C#EFE3A9#F1E7B6#F4EBC3#F7F1D4#F9F5E1#FCF9EE

Tones of #E2CD65

#D8C76E#D0C176#C7BB7F#BEB589#B5AF92#ACA99A

Color harmonies

Complementary — #657AE2:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.60:1 Fails
Against black text13.15:1 AAA

Best text color on #E2CD65: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #E2CD65

Text set with opacity blends into the background, so its real contrast is lower than the solid ratios above. Choose a text color and an opacity to see the blended color and its true ratio:

100%
Sample heading text
Smaller body text shows the effect best.

Blended color: · Contrast against #E2CD65: ·

How #E2CD65 looks with color blindness

Simulated with standard Machado color-vision-deficiency matrices — useful when this color carries meaning in charts, maps or interfaces:

Protanopia · #D9D97EDeuteranopia · #DADC84Tritanopia · #E19296

Closest design-system colors

The nearest matches in the Tailwind CSS, Material Design and Bootstrap palettes — handy when you need a framework class instead of a raw hex:

Material Lime 500 · #CDDC39Material Yellow 500 · #FFEB3BMaterial Light Green 500 · #8BC34A

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #E2CD65 rather than the exact color:

Radiant Ruby Cinder
#E2D365 · #C5B225 · #9D8C16 · #6E6416
Palette 4c4b16
#4C4B16 · #898121 · #E6C767 · #F87A53
Vivid Ruby Aurora
#D73C2F · #DB8547 · #E6C96A · #D7E083
Palette 41a67e
#41A67E · #05339C · #1055C9 · #E5C95F
Serene Mosaic
#B5157C · #E63428 · #EDCD64 · #CAF39E
Palette E32249
#E32249 · #F17362 · #DDDC92 · #D8C962

Similar colors

The closest colors that actually appear in our palette collection — click any to open its page:

#E2D365#E6C767#E6C96A#E5C95F#EDCD64#D8C962#E9CD5C#D8D365#E9C46A#D9D36D#DBC770#D4D167

Browse neighbouring colors

← #E2CD64  ·  #E2CD66 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #E2CD65?

#E2CD65 is Yellow, a yellow color (RGB 226, 205, 101). Its closest standard named color is BurlyWood.

What is the RGB and HSL of #E2CD65?

#E2CD65 is RGB 226, 205, 101 — HSL 50°, 68%, 64% — CMYK 0%, 9%, 55%, 11%.

What colors go with #E2CD65?

Its complement is #657AE2; analogous partners are #E28E65 and #B8E265. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #E2CD65 for text?

Black text on #E2CD65 has a contrast ratio of 13.15:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.60:1.