#E2CB5E#E2CB5E

#E2CB5E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.597; OKLCH L 84.0% C 0.131 H 97.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2CB5E
RGB	rgb(226, 203, 94)
HSL	hsl(50, 69%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(50, 58%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.2%, 58.4%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.67, -4.99, 56.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.67, 56.41, 95.07°)
OKLab	oklab(84.03% -0.0172 0.1301)
OKLCH	oklch(84.03% 0.131 97.5)
XYZ	xyz(54.7425, 59.6912, 19.2255)
Luminance	0.5969 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2CB5E #5E75E2

analogous

#E2895E #E2CB5E #B7E25E

triadic

#E2CB5E #5EE2CB #CB5EE2

tetradic

#E2CB5E #5EE289 #5E75E2 #E25EB7

square

#E2CB5E #5EE289 #5E75E2 #E25EB7

split-complementary

#E2CB5E #5EB7E2 #895EE2

monochromatic

#A7901E #D9BA2A #E2CB5E #EBDC92 #F5ECC6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#E2CB5E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.94

#E2CB5E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2CB5E

12.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2CB5E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2CB5E	1.00	1.62	12.94	12.94
#FFFFFF	1.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DDC653

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3CE63

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F2BEB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2cb5e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 203, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.0% 0.131 97.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eeda8f',
    500: '#e2cb5e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2cb5e;
$custom-light: #eeda8f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2cb5e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.545,
    "s": 69.474,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8403,
    "c": 0.13124,
    "h": 97.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.59689
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2CB5E

secondary

#3B4EAA

accent

#35D114

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2CB5E

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

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