#E2CB42#E2CB42

#E2CB42 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.593; OKLCH L 83.8% C 0.152 H 99.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2CB42
RGB	rgb(226, 203, 66)
HSL	hsl(51, 73%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(51, 71%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.2%, 70.8%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.44, -6.65, 67.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.44, 67.95, 95.62°)
OKLab	oklab(83.78% -0.0251 0.1502)
OKLCH	oklch(83.78% 0.152 99.5)
XYZ	xyz(53.7059, 59.2765, 13.7658)
Luminance	0.5927 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2CB42 #4259E2

analogous

#E27B42 #E2CB42 #A9E242

triadic

#E2CB42 #42E2CB #CB42E2

tetradic

#E2CB42 #42E27B #4259E2 #E242A9

square

#E2CB42 #42E27B #4259E2 #E242A9

split-complementary

#E2CB42 #42A9E2 #7B42E2

monochromatic

#938117 #C8B01F #E2CB42 #EADA77 #F2E8AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#E2CB42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.85

#E2CB42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2CB42

12.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2CB42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2CB42	1.00	1.63	12.85	12.85
#FFFFFF	1.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DEC62C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5CE4B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3BCB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2cb42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 203, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.8% 0.152 99.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efda7f',
    500: '#e2cb42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2cb42;
$custom-light: #efda7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2cb42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.375,
    "s": 73.394,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83778,
    "c": 0.15223,
    "h": 99.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.59274
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2CB42

secondary

#313F98

accent

#52F038

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2CB42

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

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