#E2CC56#E2CC56

#E2CC56 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.600; OKLCH L 84.2% C 0.139 H 98.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2CC56
RGB	rgb(226, 204, 86)
HSL	hsl(51, 71%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(51, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.7%, 61.9%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.85, -6.04, 59.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.85, 60.25, 95.75°)
OKLab	oklab(84.15% -0.0211 0.1371)
OKLCH	oklch(84.15% 0.139 98.8)
XYZ	xyz(54.6389, 60.0288, 17.5110)
Luminance	0.6003 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2CC56 #566CE2

analogous

#E28656 #E2CC56 #B2E256

triadic

#E2CC56 #56E2CC #CC56E2

tetradic

#E2CC56 #56E286 #566CE2 #E256B2

square

#E2CC56 #56E286 #566CE2 #E256B2

split-complementary

#E2CC56 #56B2E2 #8656E2

monochromatic

#A28D1C #D6BA25 #E2CC56 #EBDC8A #F4ECBE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.61

#E2CC56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.01

#E2CC56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2CC56

13.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2CC56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2CC56	1.00	1.61	13.01	13.01
#FFFFFF	1.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DEC749

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4CF5C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F2BEB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2cc56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 204, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.2% 0.139 98.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eedb8a',
    500: '#e2cc56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2cc56;
$custom-light: #eedb8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2cc56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.571,
    "s": 70.707,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84152,
    "c": 0.13871,
    "h": 98.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.60026
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2CC56

secondary

#3849A5

accent

#31D313

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2CC56

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

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