#E2CB49#E2CB49

#E2CB49 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.594; 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	#E2CB49
RGB	rgb(226, 203, 73)
HSL	hsl(51, 73%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(51, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.2%, 67.7%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.49, -6.30, 64.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.49, 65.28, 95.54°)
OKLab	oklab(83.83% -0.0233 0.1458)
OKLCH	oklch(83.83% 0.148 99.1)
XYZ	xyz(53.9250, 59.3642, 14.9200)
Luminance	0.5936 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2CB49 #4960E2

analogous

#E27E49 #E2CB49 #ADE249

triadic

#E2CB49 #49E2CB #CB49E2

tetradic

#E2CB49 #49E27E #4960E2 #E249AD

square

#E2CB49 #49E27E #4960E2 #E249AD

split-complementary

#E2CB49 #49ADE2 #7E49E2

monochromatic

#988518 #CDB321 #E2CB49 #EADA7E #F3E9B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#E2CB49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.87

#E2CB49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2CB49

12.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2CB49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2CB49	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)

#DEC637

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4CE50

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3BDB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2cb49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 203, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.8% 0.148 99.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efda83',
    500: '#e2cb49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2cb49;
$custom-light: #efda83;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2cb49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.98,
    "s": 72.512,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83831,
    "c": 0.14761,
    "h": 99.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.59362
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2CB49

secondary

#33439C

accent

#54EF39

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2CB49

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

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