#E2CB4B#E2CB4B

#E2CB4B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.594; OKLCH L 83.8% C 0.146 H 99.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2CB4B
RGB	rgb(226, 203, 75)
HSL	hsl(51, 72%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(51, 67%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.2%, 66.8%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.51, -6.19, 64.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.51, 64.49, 95.51°)
OKLab	oklab(83.85% -0.0228 0.1444)
OKLCH	oklch(83.85% 0.146 99)
XYZ	xyz(53.9924, 59.3911, 15.2749)
Luminance	0.5939 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2CB4B #4B62E2

analogous

#E2804B #E2CB4B #AEE24B

triadic

#E2CB4B #4BE2CB #CB4BE2

tetradic

#E2CB4B #4BE280 #4B62E2 #E24BAE

square

#E2CB4B #4BE280 #4B62E2 #E24BAE

split-complementary

#E2CB4B #4BAEE2 #804BE2

monochromatic

#9A8619 #CFB421 #E2CB4B #EADA80 #F3E9B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#E2CB4B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.88

#E2CB4B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2CB4B

12.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2CB4B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2CB4B	1.00	1.63	12.88	12.88
#FFFFFF	1.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DEC63A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4CE52

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3BDB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2cb4b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 203, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.8% 0.146 99.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efda84',
    500: '#e2cb4b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2cb4b;
$custom-light: #efda84;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2cb4b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.861,
    "s": 72.249,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83848,
    "c": 0.14621,
    "h": 99
  },
  "luminance": 0.59389
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2CB4B

secondary

#34449E

accent

#55EF39

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2CB4B

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

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