#E2CC57#E2CC57

#E2CC57 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.600; OKLCH L 84.2% C 0.138 H 98.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2CC57
RGB	rgb(226, 204, 87)
HSL	hsl(51, 71%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(51, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.7%, 61.5%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.86, -5.98, 59.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.86, 59.82, 95.73°)
OKLab	oklab(84.16% -0.0208 0.1363)
OKLCH	oklch(84.16% 0.138 98.7)
XYZ	xyz(54.6794, 60.0450, 17.7246)
Luminance	0.6004 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2CC57 #576DE2

analogous

#E28757 #E2CC57 #B2E257

triadic

#E2CC57 #57E2CC #CC57E2

tetradic

#E2CC57 #57E287 #576DE2 #E257B2

square

#E2CC57 #57E287 #576DE2 #E257B2

split-complementary

#E2CC57 #57B2E2 #8757E2

monochromatic

#A38D1C #D7BB25 #E2CC57 #EBDC8B #F4ECBF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.61

#E2CC57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.01

#E2CC57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2CC57

13.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2CC57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2CC57	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)

#DEC74A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4CF5D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F2BEB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2cc57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 204, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.2% 0.138 98.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eedb8b',
    500: '#e2cc57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2cc57;
$custom-light: #eedb8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2cc57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.504,
    "s": 70.558,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84162,
    "c": 0.1379,
    "h": 98.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.60043
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2CC57

secondary

#3849A5

accent

#31D313

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2CC57

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

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