#E2CB4D#E2CB4D

#E2CB4D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.594; OKLCH L 83.9% C 0.145 H 98.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2CB4D
RGB	rgb(226, 203, 77)
HSL	hsl(51, 72%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(51, 66%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.2%, 65.9%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.52, -6.08, 63.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.52, 63.69, 95.48°)
OKLab	oklab(83.87% -0.0222 0.1431)
OKLCH	oklch(83.87% 0.145 98.8)
XYZ	xyz(54.0619, 59.4189, 15.6411)
Luminance	0.5942 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2CB4D #4D64E2

analogous

#E2804D #E2CB4D #AFE24D

triadic

#E2CB4D #4DE2CB #CB4DE2

tetradic

#E2CB4D #4DE280 #4D64E2 #E24DAF

square

#E2CB4D #4DE280 #4D64E2 #E24DAF

split-complementary

#E2CB4D #4DAFE2 #804DE2

monochromatic

#9B8719 #D0B522 #E2CB4D #EBDA82 #F3EAB6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#E2CB4D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.88

#E2CB4D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2CB4D

12.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2CB4D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2CB4D	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)

#DEC63D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4CE54

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3BDB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2cb4d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 203, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.9% 0.145 98.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efda85',
    500: '#e2cb4d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2cb4d;
$custom-light: #efda85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2cb4d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.738,
    "s": 71.981,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83865,
    "c": 0.14478,
    "h": 98.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.59416
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2CB4D

secondary

#34459F

accent

#55EF39

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2CB4D

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

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