#E2CC2E#E2CC2E

#E2CC2E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.596; 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	#E2CC2E
RGB	rgb(226, 204, 46)
HSL	hsl(53, 76%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(53, 80%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.7%, 79.6%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.60, -7.96, 74.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.60, 74.81, 96.11°)
OKLab	oklab(83.87% -0.0306 0.1608)
OKLCH	oklch(83.87% 0.164 100.8)
XYZ	xyz(53.4527, 59.5543, 11.2638)
Luminance	0.5955 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2CC2E #2E44E2

analogous

#E2722E #E2CC2E #9EE22E

triadic

#E2CC2E #2EE2CC #CC2EE2

tetradic

#E2CC2E #2EE272 #2E44E2 #E22E9E

square

#E2CC2E #2EE272 #2E44E2 #E22E9E

split-complementary

#E2CC2E #2E9EE2 #722EE2

monochromatic

#837612 #B9A61A #E2CC2E #E9D964 #F1E699

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#E2CC2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.91

#E2CC2E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2CC2E

12.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2CC2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2CC2E	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)

#E6CE3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4BDAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2cc2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 204, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.9% 0.164 100.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0db75',
    500: '#e2cc2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2cc2e;
$custom-light: #f0db75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2cc2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.667,
    "s": 75.63,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83865,
    "c": 0.1637,
    "h": 100.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.59552
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2CC2E

secondary

#2A368A

accent

#4DF236

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF1

border

#D7D4CB

text

#171409

muted

#85837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2CC2E

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

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