#E2CB48#E2CB48

#E2CB48 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.593; OKLCH L 83.8% C 0.148 H 99.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2CB48
RGB	rgb(226, 203, 72)
HSL	hsl(51, 73%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(51, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.2%, 68.1%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.48, -6.35, 65.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.48, 65.67, 95.55°)
OKLab	oklab(83.82% -0.0236 0.1464)
OKLCH	oklch(83.82% 0.148 99.1)
XYZ	xyz(53.8921, 59.3510, 14.7468)
Luminance	0.5935 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2CB48 #485FE2

analogous

#E27E48 #E2CB48 #ACE248

triadic

#E2CB48 #48E2CB #CB48E2

tetradic

#E2CB48 #48E27E #485FE2 #E248AC

square

#E2CB48 #48E27E #485FE2 #E248AC

split-complementary

#E2CB48 #48ACE2 #7E48E2

monochromatic

#988518 #CCB320 #E2CB48 #EADA7D #F3E9B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#E2CB48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.87

#E2CB48 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2CB48

12.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2CB48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2CB48	1.00	1.63	12.87	12.87
#FFFFFF	1.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DEC636

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4CE50

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3BCB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2cb48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 203, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.8% 0.148 99.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efda82',
    500: '#e2cb48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2cb48;
$custom-light: #efda82;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2cb48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.039,
    "s": 72.642,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83823,
    "c": 0.1483,
    "h": 99.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.59349
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2CB48

secondary

#33429C

accent

#54EF38

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2CB48

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

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