#E2CC4C#E2CC4C

#E2CC4C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.599; OKLCH L 84.1% C 0.146 H 99.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2CC4C
RGB	rgb(226, 204, 76)
HSL	hsl(51, 72%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(51, 66%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.7%, 66.4%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.77, -6.64, 64.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.77, 64.41, 95.92°)
OKLab	oklab(84.06% -0.024 0.1443)
OKLCH	oklch(84.06% 0.146 99.4)
XYZ	xyz(54.2638, 59.8788, 15.5356)
Luminance	0.5988 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2CC4C #4C62E2

analogous

#E2814C #E2CC4C #ADE24C

triadic

#E2CC4C #4CE2CC #CC4CE2

tetradic

#E2CC4C #4CE281 #4C62E2 #E24CAD

square

#E2CC4C #4CE281 #4C62E2 #E24CAD

split-complementary

#E2CC4C #4CADE2 #814CE2

monochromatic

#9B8819 #CFB622 #E2CC4C #EBDB81 #F3EAB5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#E2CC4C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.98

#E2CC4C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2CC4C

12.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2CC4C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2CC4C	1.00	1.62	12.98	12.98
#FFFFFF	1.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DFC73B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5CF53

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3BEB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2cc4c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 204, 76);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.1% 0.146 99.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efdb84',
    500: '#e2cc4c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2cc4c;
$custom-light: #efdb84;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2cc4c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 76
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.2,
    "s": 72.115,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84061,
    "c": 0.14629,
    "h": 99.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.59876
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2CC4C

secondary

#34449E

accent

#54EF39

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2CC4C

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

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