#E2CC5A#E2CC5A

#E2CC5A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.601; OKLCH L 84.2% C 0.135 H 98.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2CC5A
RGB	rgb(226, 204, 90)
HSL	hsl(50, 70%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(50, 60%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.7%, 60.2%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.89, -5.78, 58.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.89, 58.52, 95.66°)
OKLab	oklab(84.19% -0.0199 0.134)
OKLCH	oklch(84.19% 0.135 98.4)
XYZ	xyz(54.8046, 60.0951, 18.3836)
Luminance	0.6009 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2CC5A #5A70E2

analogous

#E2885A #E2CC5A #B4E25A

triadic

#E2CC5A #5AE2CC #CC5AE2

tetradic

#E2CC5A #5AE288 #5A70E2 #E25AB4

square

#E2CC5A #5AE288 #5A70E2 #E25AB4

split-complementary

#E2CC5A #5AB4E2 #885AE2

monochromatic

#A58F1D #D9BC26 #E2CC5A #EBDC8E #F4ECC2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.61

#E2CC5A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.02

#E2CC5A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2CC5A

13.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2CC5A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2CC5A	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)

#DEC74E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4CF60

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F2BEB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2cc5a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 204, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.2% 0.135 98.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eedb8d',
    500: '#e2cc5a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2cc5a;
$custom-light: #eedb8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2cc5a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.294,
    "s": 70.103,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84192,
    "c": 0.13544,
    "h": 98.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.60093
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2CC5A

secondary

#394BA7

accent

#32D213

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2CC5A

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

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