#E2CC31#E2CC31

#E2CC31 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.596; OKLCH L 83.9% C 0.162 H 100.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2CC31
RGB	rgb(226, 204, 49)
HSL	hsl(53, 75%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(53, 78%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.7%, 78.3%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.61, -7.86, 73.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.61, 73.94, 96.10°)
OKLab	oklab(83.88% -0.0301 0.1595)
OKLCH	oklch(83.88% 0.162 100.7)
XYZ	xyz(53.5139, 59.5788, 11.5862)
Luminance	0.5958 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2CC31 #3147E2

analogous

#E27431 #E2CC31 #A0E231

triadic

#E2CC31 #31E2CC #CC31E2

tetradic

#E2CC31 #31E274 #3147E2 #E231A0

square

#E2CC31 #31E274 #3147E2 #E231A0

split-complementary

#E2CC31 #31A0E2 #7431E2

monochromatic

#867713 #BBA71A #E2CC31 #EAD967 #F1E79C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#E2CC31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.92

#E2CC31 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2CC31

12.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2CC31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2CC31	1.00	1.63	12.92	12.92
#FFFFFF	1.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E0C601

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6CE3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4BDAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2cc31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 204, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.9% 0.162 100.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0db76',
    500: '#e2cc31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2cc31;
$custom-light: #f0db76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2cc31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.542,
    "s": 75.319,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83879,
    "c": 0.16233,
    "h": 100.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.59576
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2CC31

secondary

#2B378C

accent

#4DF236

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF1

border

#D7D4CB

text

#171409

muted

#85837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2CC31

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

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