#E2CB53#E2CB53

#E2CB53 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.595; OKLCH L 83.9% C 0.140 H 98.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2CB53
RGB	rgb(226, 203, 83)
HSL	hsl(50, 71%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(50, 63%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.2%, 63.3%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.57, -5.72, 60.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.57, 61.20, 95.36°)
OKLab	oklab(83.92% -0.0205 0.1388)
OKLCH	oklch(83.92% 0.14 98.4)
XYZ	xyz(54.2836, 59.5076, 16.8087)
Luminance	0.5950 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2CB53 #536AE2

analogous

#E28453 #E2CB53 #B1E253

triadic

#E2CB53 #53E2CB #CB53E2

tetradic

#E2CB53 #53E284 #536AE2 #E253B1

square

#E2CB53 #53E284 #536AE2 #E253B1

split-complementary

#E2CB53 #53B1E2 #8453E2

monochromatic

#A08A1B #D4B824 #E2CB53 #EBDB87 #F4EBBC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#E2CB53 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.90

#E2CB53 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2CB53

12.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2CB53	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2CB53	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)

#DDC645

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4CE59

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3BDB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2cb53;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 203, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.9% 0.140 98.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eeda88',
    500: '#e2cb53',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2cb53;
$custom-light: #eeda88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2cb53",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.35,
    "s": 71.144,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83919,
    "c": 0.14026,
    "h": 98.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.59505
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2CB53

secondary

#3748A3

accent

#31D312

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2CB53

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

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