#E2CB51#E2CB51

#E2CB51 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.595; OKLCH L 83.9% C 0.142 H 98.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2CB51
RGB	rgb(226, 203, 81)
HSL	hsl(50, 71%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(50, 64%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.2%, 64.2%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.55, -5.84, 61.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.55, 62.04, 95.40°)
OKLab	oklab(83.9% -0.0211 0.1402)
OKLCH	oklch(83.9% 0.142 98.6)
XYZ	xyz(54.2075, 59.4772, 16.4079)
Luminance	0.5948 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2CB51 #5168E2

analogous

#E28351 #E2CB51 #B0E251

triadic

#E2CB51 #51E2CB #CB51E2

tetradic

#E2CB51 #51E283 #5168E2 #E251B0

square

#E2CB51 #51E283 #5168E2 #E251B0

split-complementary

#E2CB51 #51B0E2 #8351E2

monochromatic

#9E891A #D3B723 #E2CB51 #EBDB85 #F3EABA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#E2CB51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.90

#E2CB51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2CB51

12.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2CB51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2CB51	1.00	1.63	12.90	12.90
#FFFFFF	1.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DEC642

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4CE57

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3BDB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2cb51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 203, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.9% 0.142 98.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eeda87',
    500: '#e2cb51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2cb51;
$custom-light: #eeda87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2cb51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.483,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.839,
    "c": 0.1418,
    "h": 98.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.59475
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2CB51

secondary

#3647A1

accent

#31D312

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2CB51

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

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