#E2CB31#E2CB31

#E2CB31 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.591; OKLCH L 83.7% C 0.162 H 100.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2CB31
RGB	rgb(226, 203, 49)
HSL	hsl(52, 75%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(52, 78%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.2%, 78.3%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.35, -7.35, 73.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.35, 73.65, 95.73°)
OKLab	oklab(83.67% -0.0286 0.159)
OKLCH	oklch(83.67% 0.162 100.2)
XYZ	xyz(53.2770, 59.1050, 11.5073)
Luminance	0.5910 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2CB31 #3148E2

analogous

#E27331 #E2CB31 #A1E231

triadic

#E2CB31 #31E2CB #CB31E2

tetradic

#E2CB31 #31E273 #3148E2 #E231A1

square

#E2CB31 #31E273 #3148E2 #E231A1

split-complementary

#E2CB31 #31A1E2 #7331E2

monochromatic

#867713 #BBA61A #E2CB31 #EAD967 #F1E69C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#E2CB31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.82

#E2CB31 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2CB31

12.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2CB31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2CB31	1.00	1.64	12.82	12.82
#FFFFFF	1.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DFC502

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5CE3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4BCAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2cb31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 203, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.7% 0.162 100.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0da76',
    500: '#e2cb31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2cb31;
$custom-light: #f0da76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2cb31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.203,
    "s": 75.319,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83673,
    "c": 0.16158,
    "h": 100.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.59102
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2CB31

secondary

#2B388C

accent

#4EF236

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF1

border

#D7D4CB

text

#171409

muted

#85837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2CB31

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

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