#E2CC2D#E2CC2D

#E2CC2D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.595; OKLCH L 83.9% C 0.164 H 100.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2CC2D
RGB	rgb(226, 204, 45)
HSL	hsl(53, 76%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(53, 80%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.7%, 80.1%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.59, -7.99, 74.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.59, 75.09, 96.11°)
OKLab	oklab(83.86% -0.0308 0.1612)
OKLCH	oklch(83.86% 0.164 100.8)
XYZ	xyz(53.4332, 59.5465, 11.1612)
Luminance	0.5954 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2CC2D #2D43E2

analogous

#E2712D #E2CC2D #9DE22D

triadic

#E2CC2D #2DE2CC #CC2DE2

tetradic

#E2CC2D #2DE271 #2D43E2 #E22D9D

square

#E2CC2D #2DE271 #2D43E2 #E22D9D

split-complementary

#E2CC2D #2D9DE2 #712DE2

monochromatic

#837512 #B8A519 #E2CC2D #E9D963 #F1E699

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#E2CC2D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.91

#E2CC2D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2CC2D

12.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2CC2D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2CC2D	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)

#E0C600

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6CE3A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4BDAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2cc2d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 204, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.9% 0.164 100.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0db75',
    500: '#e2cc2d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2cc2d;
$custom-light: #f0db75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2cc2d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.707,
    "s": 75.732,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8386,
    "c": 0.16413,
    "h": 100.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.59544
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2CC2D

secondary

#2A3689

accent

#4CF235

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF1

border

#D7D4CB

text

#171409

muted

#85837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2CC2D

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

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