#E2CB4E#E2CB4E

#E2CB4E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.594; OKLCH L 83.9% C 0.144 H 98.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2CB4E
RGB	rgb(226, 203, 78)
HSL	hsl(51, 72%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(51, 65%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.2%, 65.5%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.53, -6.02, 62.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.53, 63.28, 95.46°)
OKLab	oklab(83.87% -0.022 0.1424)
OKLCH	oklch(83.87% 0.144 98.8)
XYZ	xyz(54.0975, 59.4332, 15.8285)
Luminance	0.5943 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2CB4E #4E65E2

analogous

#E2814E #E2CB4E #AFE24E

triadic

#E2CB4E #4EE2CB #CB4EE2

tetradic

#E2CB4E #4EE281 #4E65E2 #E24EAF

square

#E2CB4E #4EE281 #4E65E2 #E24EAF

split-complementary

#E2CB4E #4EAFE2 #814EE2

monochromatic

#9C881A #D1B622 #E2CB4E #EBDA83 #F3EAB7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#E2CB4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.89

#E2CB4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2CB4E

12.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2CB4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2CB4E	1.00	1.63	12.89	12.89
#FFFFFF	1.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DEC63E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4CE55

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3BDB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2cb4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 203, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.9% 0.144 98.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efda85',
    500: '#e2cb4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2cb4e;
$custom-light: #efda85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2cb4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.676,
    "s": 71.845,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83874,
    "c": 0.14405,
    "h": 98.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.59431
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2CB4E

secondary

#35459F

accent

#55EF39

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2CB4E

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

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