#E2CB2C#E2CB2C

#E2CB2C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.591; OKLCH L 83.6% C 0.164 H 100.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2CB2C
RGB	rgb(226, 203, 44)
HSL	hsl(52, 76%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(52, 81%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.2%, 80.5%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.33, -7.51, 74.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.33, 75.08, 95.74°)
OKLab	oklab(83.65% -0.0295 0.1611)
OKLCH	oklch(83.65% 0.164 100.4)
XYZ	xyz(53.1773, 59.0651, 10.9821)
Luminance	0.5906 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2CB2C #2C43E2

analogous

#E2702C #E2CB2C #9EE22C

triadic

#E2CB2C #2CE2CB #CB2CE2

tetradic

#E2CB2C #2CE270 #2C43E2 #E22C9E

square

#E2CB2C #2CE270 #2C43E2 #E22C9E

split-complementary

#E2CB2C #2C9EE2 #702CE2

monochromatic

#827412 #B8A419 #E2CB2C #E9D862 #F1E698

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#E2CB2C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.81

#E2CB2C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2CB2C

12.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2CB2C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2CB2C	1.00	1.64	12.81	12.81
#FFFFFF	1.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DFC500

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6CE39

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4BCAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2cb2c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 203, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.6% 0.164 100.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0da74',
    500: '#e2cb2c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2cb2c;
$custom-light: #f0da74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2cb2c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.418,
    "s": 75.833,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83649,
    "c": 0.16382,
    "h": 100.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.59062
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2CB2C

secondary

#2A3688

accent

#4DF235

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF1

border

#D7D4CB

text

#171409

muted

#85837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2CB2C

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

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