#E2CB44#E2CB44

#E2CB44 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.593; OKLCH L 83.8% C 0.151 H 99.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2CB44
RGB	rgb(226, 203, 68)
HSL	hsl(51, 73%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(51, 70%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.2%, 69.9%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.46, -6.55, 66.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.46, 67.21, 95.60°)
OKLab	oklab(83.79% -0.0246 0.1489)
OKLCH	oklch(83.79% 0.151 99.4)
XYZ	xyz(53.7659, 59.3005, 14.0818)
Luminance	0.5930 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2CB44 #445BE2

analogous

#E27C44 #E2CB44 #AAE244

triadic

#E2CB44 #44E2CB #CB44E2

tetradic

#E2CB44 #44E27C #445BE2 #E244AA

square

#E2CB44 #44E27C #445BE2 #E244AA

split-complementary

#E2CB44 #44AAE2 #7C44E2

monochromatic

#958217 #CAB11F #E2CB44 #EADA79 #F2E8AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#E2CB44 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.86

#E2CB44 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2CB44

12.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2CB44	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2CB44	1.00	1.63	12.86	12.86
#FFFFFF	1.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DEC630

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5CE4C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3BCB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2cb44;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 203, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.8% 0.151 99.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efda80',
    500: '#e2cb44',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2cb44;
$custom-light: #efda80;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2cb44",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.266,
    "s": 73.148,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83793,
    "c": 0.15095,
    "h": 99.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.59298
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2CB44

secondary

#314099

accent

#53F038

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2CB44

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

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