#E2CC46#E2CC46

#E2CC46 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.598; OKLCH L 84.0% C 0.150 H 99.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2CC46
RGB	rgb(226, 204, 70)
HSL	hsl(52, 73%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(52, 69%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.7%, 69%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.73, -6.96, 66.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.73, 66.76, 95.99°)
OKLab	oklab(84.01% -0.0255 0.1482)
OKLCH	oklch(84.01% 0.15 99.8)
XYZ	xyz(54.0649, 59.7992, 14.4878)
Luminance	0.5980 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2CC46 #465CE2

analogous

#E27E46 #E2CC46 #AAE246

triadic

#E2CC46 #46E2CC #CC46E2

tetradic

#E2CC46 #46E27E #465CE2 #E246AA

square

#E2CC46 #46E27E #465CE2 #E246AA

split-complementary

#E2CC46 #46AAE2 #7E46E2

monochromatic

#968418 #CBB320 #E2CC46 #EADB7B #F3E9B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#E2CC46 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.96

#E2CC46 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2CC46

12.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2CC46	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2CC46	1.00	1.62	12.96	12.96
#FFFFFF	1.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DFC732

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5CF4E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3BDB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2cc46;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 204, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.0% 0.150 99.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efdb81',
    500: '#e2cc46',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2cc46;
$custom-light: #efdb81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2cc46",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.538,
    "s": 72.897,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84013,
    "c": 0.15042,
    "h": 99.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.59797
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2CC46

secondary

#32419A

accent

#52F038

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2CC46

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

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