#E2CC44#E2CC44

#E2CC44 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.598; OKLCH L 84.0% C 0.152 H 99.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2CC44
RGB	rgb(226, 204, 68)
HSL	hsl(52, 73%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(52, 70%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.7%, 69.9%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.72, -7.06, 67.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.72, 67.52, 96.01°)
OKLab	oklab(84% -0.026 0.1495)
OKLCH	oklch(84% 0.152 99.9)
XYZ	xyz(54.0028, 59.7744, 14.1608)
Luminance	0.5977 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2CC44 #445AE2

analogous

#E27D44 #E2CC44 #A9E244

triadic

#E2CC44 #44E2CC #CC44E2

tetradic

#E2CC44 #44E27D #445AE2 #E244A9

square

#E2CC44 #44E27D #445AE2 #E244A9

split-complementary

#E2CC44 #44A9E2 #7D44E2

monochromatic

#958317 #CAB21F #E2CC44 #EADA79 #F2E9AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#E2CC44 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.95

#E2CC44 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2CC44

12.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2CC44	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2CC44	1.00	1.62	12.95	12.95
#FFFFFF	1.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DFC62F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5CF4C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3BDB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2cc44;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 204, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.0% 0.152 99.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efdb80',
    500: '#e2cc44',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2cc44;
$custom-light: #efdb80;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2cc44",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.646,
    "s": 73.148,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83998,
    "c": 0.15173,
    "h": 99.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.59772
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2CC44

secondary

#314099

accent

#52F038

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2CC44

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

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