#E2CC52#E2CC52

#E2CC52 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.600; OKLCH L 84.1% C 0.142 H 99.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2CC52
RGB	rgb(226, 204, 82)
HSL	hsl(51, 71%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(51, 64%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.7%, 63.7%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.82, -6.29, 61.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.82, 61.95, 95.83°)
OKLab	oklab(84.11% -0.0223 0.1401)
OKLCH	oklch(84.11% 0.142 99)
XYZ	xyz(54.4822, 59.9661, 16.6858)
Luminance	0.5996 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2CC52 #5268E2

analogous

#E28452 #E2CC52 #B0E252

triadic

#E2CC52 #52E2CC #CC52E2

tetradic

#E2CC52 #52E284 #5268E2 #E252B0

square

#E2CC52 #52E284 #5268E2 #E252B0

split-complementary

#E2CC52 #52B0E2 #8452E2

monochromatic

#9F8B1B #D3B823 #E2CC52 #EBDB86 #F4EBBB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#E2CC52 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.99

#E2CC52 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2CC52

12.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2CC52	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2CC52	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)

#DEC743

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5CF58

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3BEB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2cc52;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 204, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.1% 0.142 99.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eedb88',
    500: '#e2cc52',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2cc52;
$custom-light: #eedb88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2cc52",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.833,
    "s": 71.287,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84114,
    "c": 0.14184,
    "h": 99
  },
  "luminance": 0.59964
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2CC52

secondary

#3647A2

accent

#30D312

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2CC52

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

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