#E2CC39#E2CC39

#E2CC39 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.597; OKLCH L 83.9% C 0.158 H 100.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2CC39
RGB	rgb(226, 204, 57)
HSL	hsl(52, 74%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(52, 75%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.7%, 74.8%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.65, -7.56, 71.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.65, 71.41, 96.08°)
OKLab	oklab(83.92% -0.0285 0.1557)
OKLCH	oklch(83.92% 0.158 100.4)
XYZ	xyz(53.6980, 59.6524, 12.5557)
Luminance	0.5965 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2CC39 #394FE2

analogous

#E27739 #E2CC39 #A4E239

triadic

#E2CC39 #39E2CC #CC39E2

tetradic

#E2CC39 #39E277 #394FE2 #E239A4

square

#E2CC39 #39E277 #394FE2 #E239A4

split-complementary

#E2CC39 #39A4E2 #7739E2

monochromatic

#8C7D15 #C1AC1C #E2CC39 #EADA6E #F2E7A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#E2CC39 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.93

#E2CC39 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2CC39

12.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2CC39	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2CC39	1.00	1.62	12.93	12.93
#FFFFFF	1.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E0C61B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6CF43

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4BDB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2cc39;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 204, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.9% 0.158 100.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efdb7a',
    500: '#e2cc39',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2cc39;
$custom-light: #efdb7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2cc39",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.189,
    "s": 74.449,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83924,
    "c": 0.15827,
    "h": 100.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.5965
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2CC39

secondary

#2E3B91

accent

#4FF137

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#17140A

muted

#85837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2CC39

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

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