#E2CC40#E2CC40

#E2CC40 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.597; OKLCH L 84.0% C 0.154 H 100.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2CC40
RGB	rgb(226, 204, 64)
HSL	hsl(52, 74%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(52, 72%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.7%, 71.7%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.69, -7.26, 68.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.69, 68.99, 96.04°)
OKLab	oklab(83.97% -0.027 0.1519)
OKLCH	oklch(83.97% 0.154 100.1)
XYZ	xyz(53.8848, 59.7272, 13.5397)
Luminance	0.5972 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2CC40 #4056E2

analogous

#E27B40 #E2CC40 #A7E240

triadic

#E2CC40 #40E2CC #CC40E2

tetradic

#E2CC40 #40E27B #4056E2 #E240A7

square

#E2CC40 #40E27B #4056E2 #E240A7

split-complementary

#E2CC40 #40A7E2 #7B40E2

monochromatic

#928116 #C7B01E #E2CC40 #EADA75 #F2E8AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#E2CC40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.94

#E2CC40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2CC40

12.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2CC40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2CC40	1.00	1.62	12.94	12.94
#FFFFFF	1.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DFC629

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5CF49

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3BDB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2cc40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 204, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.0% 0.154 100.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efdb7e',
    500: '#e2cc40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2cc40;
$custom-light: #efdb7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2cc40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.852,
    "s": 73.636,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83969,
    "c": 0.15424,
    "h": 100.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.59725
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2CC40

secondary

#303E96

accent

#51F038

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#17140A

muted

#85837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2CC40

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

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