#E2CB39#E2CB39

#E2CB39 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.592; OKLCH L 83.7% C 0.158 H 99.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2CB39
RGB	rgb(226, 203, 57)
HSL	hsl(52, 74%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(52, 75%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.2%, 74.8%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.39, -7.05, 70.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.39, 71.12, 95.69°)
OKLab	oklab(83.72% -0.0271 0.1552)
OKLCH	oklch(83.72% 0.158 99.9)
XYZ	xyz(53.4611, 59.1786, 12.4767)
Luminance	0.5918 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2CB39 #3950E2

analogous

#E27639 #E2CB39 #A5E239

triadic

#E2CB39 #39E2CB #CB39E2

tetradic

#E2CB39 #39E276 #3950E2 #E239A5

square

#E2CB39 #39E276 #3950E2 #E239A5

split-complementary

#E2CB39 #39A5E2 #7639E2

monochromatic

#8C7C15 #C1AB1C #E2CB39 #EAD96E #F2E7A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#E2CB39 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.84

#E2CB39 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2CB39

12.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2CB39	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2CB39	1.00	1.64	12.84	12.84
#FFFFFF	1.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DFC51C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5CE43

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4BCAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2cb39;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 203, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.7% 0.158 99.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efda7a',
    500: '#e2cb39',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2cb39;
$custom-light: #efda7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2cb39",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.834,
    "s": 74.449,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83718,
    "c": 0.15752,
    "h": 99.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.59176
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2CB39

secondary

#2E3B91

accent

#50F137

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#17140A

muted

#85837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2CB39

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

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