#E2CC47#E2CC47

#E2CC47 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.598; OKLCH L 84.0% C 0.150 H 99.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2CC47
RGB	rgb(226, 204, 71)
HSL	hsl(51, 73%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(51, 69%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.7%, 68.6%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.74, -6.91, 66.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.74, 66.37, 95.98°)
OKLab	oklab(84.02% -0.0253 0.1476)
OKLCH	oklch(84.02% 0.15 99.7)
XYZ	xyz(54.0967, 59.8119, 14.6554)
Luminance	0.5981 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2CC47 #475DE2

analogous

#E27E47 #E2CC47 #AAE247

triadic

#E2CC47 #47E2CC #CC47E2

tetradic

#E2CC47 #47E27E #475DE2 #E247AA

square

#E2CC47 #47E27E #475DE2 #E247AA

split-complementary

#E2CC47 #47AAE2 #7E47E2

monochromatic

#978518 #CCB320 #E2CC47 #EADB7C #F3E9B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#E2CC47 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.96

#E2CC47 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2CC47

12.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2CC47	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2CC47	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)

#DFC734

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5CF4F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3BDB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2cc47;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 204, 71);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.0% 0.150 99.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efdb82',
    500: '#e2cc47',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2cc47;
$custom-light: #efdb82;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2cc47",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 71
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.484,
    "s": 72.77,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84021,
    "c": 0.14976,
    "h": 99.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.59809
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2CC47

secondary

#32419B

accent

#52EF38

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2CC47

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

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