#E2CB59#E2CB59

#E2CB59 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.596; OKLCH L 84.0% C 0.135 H 98.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2CB59
RGB	rgb(226, 203, 89)
HSL	hsl(50, 70%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(50, 61%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.2%, 60.6%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.62, -5.33, 58.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.62, 58.63, 95.22°)
OKLab	oklab(83.98% -0.0187 0.1342)
OKLCH	oklch(83.98% 0.135 98)
XYZ	xyz(54.5254, 59.6043, 18.0820)
Luminance	0.5960 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2CB59 #5970E2

analogous

#E28759 #E2CB59 #B5E259

triadic

#E2CB59 #59E2CB #CB59E2

tetradic

#E2CB59 #59E287 #5970E2 #E259B5

square

#E2CB59 #59E287 #5970E2 #E259B5

split-complementary

#E2CB59 #59B5E2 #8759E2

monochromatic

#A48D1D #D8BA26 #E2CB59 #EBDB8D #F4ECC1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#E2CB59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.92

#E2CB59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2CB59

12.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2CB59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2CB59	1.00	1.63	12.92	12.92
#FFFFFF	1.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DDC64D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3CE5F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F2BDB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2cb59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 203, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.0% 0.135 98.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eeda8c',
    500: '#e2cb59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2cb59;
$custom-light: #eeda8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2cb59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.927,
    "s": 70.256,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83978,
    "c": 0.13546,
    "h": 98
  },
  "luminance": 0.59602
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2CB59

secondary

#394BA6

accent

#33D213

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2CB59

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

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