#E2CC53#E2CC53

#E2CC53 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.600; OKLCH L 84.1% C 0.141 H 99.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2CC53
RGB	rgb(226, 204, 83)
HSL	hsl(51, 71%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(51, 63%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.7%, 63.3%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.83, -6.23, 61.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.83, 61.53, 95.81°)
OKLab	oklab(84.12% -0.022 0.1393)
OKLCH	oklch(84.12% 0.141 99)
XYZ	xyz(54.5205, 59.9815, 16.8877)
Luminance	0.5998 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2CC53 #5369E2

analogous

#E28453 #E2CC53 #B0E253

triadic

#E2CC53 #53E2CC #CC53E2

tetradic

#E2CC53 #53E284 #5369E2 #E253B0

square

#E2CC53 #53E284 #5369E2 #E253B0

split-complementary

#E2CC53 #53B0E2 #8453E2

monochromatic

#A08B1B #D4B924 #E2CC53 #EBDC87 #F4EBBC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#E2CC53 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.00

#E2CC53 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2CC53

13.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2CC53	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2CC53	1.00	1.62	13.00	13.00
#FFFFFF	1.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DEC745

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4CF59

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3BEB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2cc53;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 204, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.1% 0.141 99.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eedb88',
    500: '#e2cc53',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2cc53;
$custom-light: #eedb88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2cc53",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.769,
    "s": 71.144,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84124,
    "c": 0.14107,
    "h": 99
  },
  "luminance": 0.59979
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2CC53

secondary

#3747A3

accent

#30D312

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2CC53

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

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