#E2CB4F#E2CB4F

#E2CB4F is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.594; OKLCH L 83.9% C 0.143 H 98.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2CB4F
RGB	rgb(226, 203, 79)
HSL	hsl(51, 72%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(51, 65%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.2%, 65%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.54, -5.96, 62.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.54, 62.87, 95.44°)
OKLab	oklab(83.88% -0.0217 0.1417)
OKLCH	oklch(83.88% 0.143 98.7)
XYZ	xyz(54.1336, 59.4476, 16.0187)
Luminance	0.5945 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2CB4F #4F66E2

analogous

#E2814F #E2CB4F #B0E24F

triadic

#E2CB4F #4FE2CB #CB4FE2

tetradic

#E2CB4F #4FE281 #4F66E2 #E24FB0

square

#E2CB4F #4FE281 #4F66E2 #E24FB0

split-complementary

#E2CB4F #4FB0E2 #814FE2

monochromatic

#9D881A #D1B622 #E2CB4F #EBDB84 #F3EAB8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#E2CB4F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.89

#E2CB4F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2CB4F

12.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2CB4F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2CB4F	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)

#DEC640

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4CE56

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3BDB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2cb4f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 203, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.9% 0.143 98.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efda86',
    500: '#e2cb4f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2cb4f;
$custom-light: #efda86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2cb4f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.612,
    "s": 71.707,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83882,
    "c": 0.1433,
    "h": 98.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.59445
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2CB4F

secondary

#3546A0

accent

#56EE39

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF3

border

#D6D4CD

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2CB4F

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

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