#E2CB60#E2CB60
#E2CB60 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.597; OKLCH L 84.1% C 0.130 H 97.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E2CB60 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(226, 203, 96) |
| HSL | hsl(49, 69%, 63%) |
| HSV | hsv(49, 58%, 89%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 10.2%, 57.5%, 11.4%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(81.69, -4.84, 55.30) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(81.69, 55.52, 95.00°) |
| OKLab | oklab(84.05% -0.0165 0.1284) |
| OKLCH | oklch(84.05% 0.13 97.3) |
| XYZ | xyz(54.8334, 59.7275, 19.7043) |
| Luminance | 0.5972 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Sand (survey)
#E2CA76
ΔE00 3.44
Sandy
#F1DA7A
ΔE00 3.95
Light Mustard
#F7D560
ΔE00 4.11
Maize
#F4D054
ΔE00 4.16
Dull Yellow
#EEDC5B
ΔE00 4.68
Pale Gold
#FDDE6C
ΔE00 5.15
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E2CB60 #6077E2
analogous
#E28A60 #E2CB60 #B8E260
triadic
#E2CB60 #60E2CB #CB60E2
tetradic
#E2CB60 #60E28A #6077E2 #E260B8
square
#E2CB60 #60E28A #6077E2 #E260B8
split-complementary
#E2CB60 #60B8E2 #8A60E2
monochromatic
#A9901F #D9BA2C #E2CB60 #EBDC94 #F5EDC8
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.62
#E2CB60 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
12.94
#E2CB60 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E2CB60
12.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E2CB60 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E2CB60 | 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)
#DDC755
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#E3CE65
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F2BEB3
Achromatopsia (no color)
#CBCBCB
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e2cb60; /* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 203, 96); /* oklch */ color: oklch(84.1% 0.130 97.3);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#eeda90',
500: '#e2cb60',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e2cb60; $custom-light: #eeda90; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e2cb60",
"rgb": {
"r": 226,
"g": 203,
"b": 96
},
"hsl": {
"h": 49.385,
"s": 69.149,
"l": 63.137
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.84052,
"c": 0.1295,
"h": 97.3
},
"luminance": 0.59725
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E2CB60
secondary
#3B4FAB
accent
#36D114
background
#FFFEFC
surface
#FEFBF4
border
#D6D4CE
text
#17140D
muted
#85837F