#E2CB55#E2CB55

#E2CB55 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.595; OKLCH L 83.9% C 0.139 H 98.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2CB55
RGB	rgb(226, 203, 85)
HSL	hsl(50, 71%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(50, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.2%, 62.4%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.59, -5.59, 60.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.59, 60.35, 95.32°)
OKLab	oklab(83.94% -0.0199 0.1373)
OKLCH	oklch(83.94% 0.139 98.3)
XYZ	xyz(54.3620, 59.5390, 17.2213)
Luminance	0.5954 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2CB55 #556CE2

analogous

#E28455 #E2CB55 #B2E255

triadic

#E2CB55 #55E2CB #CB55E2

tetradic

#E2CB55 #55E284 #556CE2 #E255B2

square

#E2CB55 #55E284 #556CE2 #E255B2

split-complementary

#E2CB55 #55B2E2 #8455E2

monochromatic

#A18B1B #D5B924 #E2CB55 #EBDB89 #F4EBBE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#E2CB55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.91

#E2CB55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2CB55

12.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2CB55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2CB55	1.00	1.63	12.91	12.91
#FFFFFF	1.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DDC647

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4CE5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3BDB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2cb55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 203, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.9% 0.139 98.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eeda8a',
    500: '#e2cb55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2cb55;
$custom-light: #eeda8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2cb55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.213,
    "s": 70.854,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83938,
    "c": 0.13869,
    "h": 98.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.59537
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2CB55

secondary

#3749A4

accent

#32D313

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2CB55

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

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