#E2CC48#E2CC48

#E2CC48 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.598; OKLCH L 84.0% C 0.149 H 99.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2CC48
RGB	rgb(226, 204, 72)
HSL	hsl(51, 73%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(51, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.7%, 68.1%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.74, -6.86, 65.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.74, 65.99, 95.97°)
OKLab	oklab(84.03% -0.025 0.147)
OKLCH	oklch(84.03% 0.149 99.7)
XYZ	xyz(54.1290, 59.8249, 14.8258)
Luminance	0.5982 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2CC48 #485EE2

analogous

#E27F48 #E2CC48 #ABE248

triadic

#E2CC48 #48E2CC #CC48E2

tetradic

#E2CC48 #48E27F #485EE2 #E248AB

square

#E2CC48 #48E27F #485EE2 #E248AB

split-complementary

#E2CC48 #48ABE2 #7F48E2

monochromatic

#988518 #CCB420 #E2CC48 #EADB7D #F3E9B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#E2CC48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.96

#E2CC48 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2CC48

12.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2CC48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2CC48	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)

#DFC735

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5CF50

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3BEB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2cc48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 204, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.0% 0.149 99.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efdb82',
    500: '#e2cc48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2cc48;
$custom-light: #efdb82;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2cc48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.429,
    "s": 72.642,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84029,
    "c": 0.14909,
    "h": 99.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.59822
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2CC48

secondary

#33429C

accent

#53EF38

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2CC48

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

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