#E2CC4E#E2CC4E

#E2CC4E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.599; OKLCH L 84.1% C 0.145 H 99.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2CC4E
RGB	rgb(226, 204, 78)
HSL	hsl(51, 72%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(51, 65%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.7%, 65.5%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.79, -6.53, 63.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.79, 63.60, 95.89°)
OKLab	oklab(84.08% -0.0234 0.1429)
OKLCH	oklch(84.08% 0.145 99.3)
XYZ	xyz(54.3344, 59.9070, 15.9075)
Luminance	0.5990 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2CC4E #4E64E2

analogous

#E2824E #E2CC4E #AEE24E

triadic

#E2CC4E #4EE2CC #CC4EE2

tetradic

#E2CC4E #4EE282 #4E64E2 #E24EAE

square

#E2CC4E #4EE282 #4E64E2 #E24EAE

split-complementary

#E2CC4E #4EAEE2 #824EE2

monochromatic

#9C891A #D1B722 #E2CC4E #EBDB83 #F3EAB7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#E2CC4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.98

#E2CC4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2CC4E

12.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2CC4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2CC4E	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)

#DFC73E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5CF55

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3BEB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2cc4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 204, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.1% 0.145 99.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efdb85',
    500: '#e2cc4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2cc4e;
$custom-light: #efdb85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2cc4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.081,
    "s": 71.845,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84078,
    "c": 0.14484,
    "h": 99.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.59905
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2CC4E

secondary

#35459F

accent

#54EF39

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2CC4E

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

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