#E2CB50#E2CB50

#E2CB50 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.595; OKLCH L 83.9% C 0.143 H 98.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2CB50
RGB	rgb(226, 203, 80)
HSL	hsl(51, 72%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(51, 65%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.2%, 64.6%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.55, -5.90, 62.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.55, 62.46, 95.42°)
OKLab	oklab(83.89% -0.0214 0.1409)
OKLCH	oklch(83.89% 0.143 98.6)
XYZ	xyz(54.1703, 59.4623, 16.2119)
Luminance	0.5946 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2CB50 #5067E2

analogous

#E28250 #E2CB50 #B0E250

triadic

#E2CB50 #50E2CB #CB50E2

tetradic

#E2CB50 #50E282 #5067E2 #E250B0

square

#E2CB50 #50E282 #5067E2 #E250B0

split-complementary

#E2CB50 #50B0E2 #8250E2

monochromatic

#9E891A #D2B623 #E2CB50 #EBDB84 #F3EAB9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#E2CB50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.89

#E2CB50 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2CB50

12.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2CB50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2CB50	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)

#DEC641

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4CE57

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3BDB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2cb50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 203, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.9% 0.143 98.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eeda87',
    500: '#e2cb50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2cb50;
$custom-light: #eeda87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2cb50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.548,
    "s": 71.569,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83891,
    "c": 0.14256,
    "h": 98.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.5946
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2CB50

secondary

#3546A1

accent

#56EE39

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF3

border

#D6D4CD

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2CB50

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

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