#E2CC50#E2CC50

#E2CC50 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.599; OKLCH L 84.1% C 0.143 H 99.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2CC50
RGB	rgb(226, 204, 80)
HSL	hsl(51, 72%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(51, 65%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.7%, 64.6%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.80, -6.41, 62.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.80, 62.78, 95.86°)
OKLab	oklab(84.1% -0.0229 0.1415)
OKLCH	oklch(84.1% 0.143 99.2)
XYZ	xyz(54.4072, 59.9361, 16.2909)
Luminance	0.5993 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2CC50 #5066E2

analogous

#E28350 #E2CC50 #AFE250

triadic

#E2CC50 #50E2CC #CC50E2

tetradic

#E2CC50 #50E283 #5066E2 #E250AF

square

#E2CC50 #50E283 #5066E2 #E250AF

split-complementary

#E2CC50 #50AFE2 #8350E2

monochromatic

#9E8A1A #D2B823 #E2CC50 #EBDB84 #F3EBB9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#E2CC50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.99

#E2CC50 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2CC50

12.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2CC50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2CC50	1.00	1.62	12.99	12.99
#FFFFFF	1.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DFC741

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5CF57

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3BEB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2cc50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 204, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.1% 0.143 99.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eedb87',
    500: '#e2cc50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2cc50;
$custom-light: #eedb87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2cc50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.959,
    "s": 71.569,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84096,
    "c": 0.14335,
    "h": 99.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.59934
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2CC50

secondary

#3546A1

accent

#55EE39

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF3

border

#D6D4CD

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2CC50

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

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