#E2CB57#E2CB57

#E2CB57 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.596; OKLCH L 84.0% C 0.137 H 98.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2CB57
RGB	rgb(226, 203, 87)
HSL	hsl(50, 71%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(50, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.2%, 61.5%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.60, -5.47, 59.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.60, 59.49, 95.27°)
OKLab	oklab(83.96% -0.0193 0.1357)
OKLCH	oklch(83.96% 0.137 98.1)
XYZ	xyz(54.4425, 59.5712, 17.6457)
Luminance	0.5957 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2CB57 #576EE2

analogous

#E28657 #E2CB57 #B4E257

triadic

#E2CB57 #57E2CB #CB57E2

tetradic

#E2CB57 #57E286 #576EE2 #E257B4

square

#E2CB57 #57E286 #576EE2 #E257B4

split-complementary

#E2CB57 #57B4E2 #8657E2

monochromatic

#A38C1C #D7B925 #E2CB57 #EBDB8B #F4EBBF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#E2CB57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.91

#E2CB57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2CB57

12.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2CB57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2CB57	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)

#DDC64A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3CE5D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F2BDB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2cb57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 203, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.0% 0.137 98.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eeda8b',
    500: '#e2cb57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2cb57;
$custom-light: #eeda8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2cb57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.072,
    "s": 70.558,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83957,
    "c": 0.13709,
    "h": 98.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.59569
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2CB57

secondary

#384AA5

accent

#33D313

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2CB57

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

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