#E2CB45#E2CB45

#E2CB45 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.593; OKLCH L 83.8% C 0.150 H 99.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2CB45
RGB	rgb(226, 203, 69)
HSL	hsl(51, 73%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(51, 69%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.2%, 69.5%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.46, -6.50, 66.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.46, 66.83, 95.59°)
OKLab	oklab(83.8% -0.0243 0.1483)
OKLCH	oklch(83.8% 0.15 99.3)
XYZ	xyz(53.7966, 59.3128, 14.2439)
Luminance	0.5931 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2CB45 #455CE2

analogous

#E27C45 #E2CB45 #ABE245

triadic

#E2CB45 #45E2CB #CB45E2

tetradic

#E2CB45 #45E27C #455CE2 #E245AB

square

#E2CB45 #45E27C #455CE2 #E245AB

split-complementary

#E2CB45 #45ABE2 #7C45E2

monochromatic

#958317 #CAB120 #E2CB45 #EADA7A #F3E9AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#E2CB45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.86

#E2CB45 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2CB45

12.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2CB45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2CB45	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)

#DEC631

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5CE4D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3BCB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2cb45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 203, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.8% 0.150 99.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efda80',
    500: '#e2cb45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2cb45;
$custom-light: #efda80;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2cb45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.21,
    "s": 73.023,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.838,
    "c": 0.1503,
    "h": 99.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.5931
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2CB45

secondary

#32419A

accent

#53F038

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2CB45

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

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