#E2CB61#E2CB61

#E2CB61 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.597; OKLCH L 84.1% C 0.129 H 97.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2CB61
RGB	rgb(226, 203, 97)
HSL	hsl(49, 69%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(49, 57%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.2%, 57.1%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.70, -4.77, 54.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.70, 55.06, 94.97°)
OKLab	oklab(84.06% -0.0162 0.1276)
OKLCH	oklch(84.06% 0.129 97.2)
XYZ	xyz(54.8798, 59.7461, 19.9483)
Luminance	0.5974 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2CB61 #6178E2

analogous

#E28A61 #E2CB61 #B9E261

triadic

#E2CB61 #61E2CB #CB61E2

tetradic

#E2CB61 #61E28A #6178E2 #E261B9

square

#E2CB61 #61E28A #6178E2 #E261B9

split-complementary

#E2CB61 #61B9E2 #8A61E2

monochromatic

#A9911F #D9BA2D #E2CB61 #EBDC95 #F5EDC8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#E2CB61 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.95

#E2CB61 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2CB61

12.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2CB61	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2CB61	1.00	1.62	12.95	12.95
#FFFFFF	1.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DDC756

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3CE66

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F2BEB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2cb61;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 203, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.1% 0.129 97.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eeda91',
    500: '#e2cb61',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2cb61;
$custom-light: #eeda91;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2cb61",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.302,
    "s": 68.984,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84064,
    "c": 0.12861,
    "h": 97.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.59744
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2CB61

secondary

#3C50AB

accent

#36D115

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2CB61

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

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