#E2CC59#E2CC59

#E2CC59 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.601; OKLCH L 84.2% C 0.136 H 98.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2CC59
RGB	rgb(226, 204, 89)
HSL	hsl(50, 70%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(50, 61%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.7%, 60.6%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.88, -5.84, 58.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.88, 58.96, 95.69°)
OKLab	oklab(84.18% -0.0202 0.1348)
OKLCH	oklch(84.18% 0.136 98.5)
XYZ	xyz(54.7623, 60.0782, 18.1609)
Luminance	0.6008 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2CC59 #596FE2

analogous

#E28859 #E2CC59 #B4E259

triadic

#E2CC59 #59E2CC #CC59E2

tetradic

#E2CC59 #59E288 #596FE2 #E259B4

square

#E2CC59 #59E288 #596FE2 #E259B4

split-complementary

#E2CC59 #59B4E2 #8859E2

monochromatic

#A48E1D #D8BB26 #E2CC59 #EBDC8D #F4ECC1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.61

#E2CC59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.02

#E2CC59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2CC59

13.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2CC59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2CC59	1.00	1.61	13.02	13.02
#FFFFFF	1.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DEC74C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4CF5F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F2BEB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2cc59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 204, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.2% 0.136 98.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eedb8c',
    500: '#e2cc59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2cc59;
$custom-light: #eedb8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2cc59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.365,
    "s": 70.256,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84182,
    "c": 0.13628,
    "h": 98.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.60076
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2CC59

secondary

#394AA6

accent

#32D213

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2CC59

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

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