#E2CC5D#E2CC5D

#E2CC5D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.601; OKLCH L 84.2% C 0.133 H 98.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2CC5D
RGB	rgb(226, 204, 93)
HSL	hsl(50, 70%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(50, 59%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.7%, 58.8%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.92, -5.57, 56.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.92, 57.20, 95.59°)
OKLab	oklab(84.22% -0.019 0.1316)
OKLCH	oklch(84.22% 0.133 98.2)
XYZ	xyz(54.9348, 60.1472, 19.0697)
Luminance	0.6015 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2CC5D #5D73E2

analogous

#E2895D #E2CC5D #B6E25D

triadic

#E2CC5D #5DE2CC #CC5DE2

tetradic

#E2CC5D #5DE289 #5D73E2 #E25DB6

square

#E2CC5D #5DE289 #5D73E2 #E25DB6

split-complementary

#E2CC5D #5DB6E2 #895DE2

monochromatic

#A7901E #D9BC29 #E2CC5D #EBDC91 #F5EDC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.61

#E2CC5D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.03

#E2CC5D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2CC5D

13.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2CC5D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2CC5D	1.00	1.61	13.03	13.03
#FFFFFF	1.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DEC751

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4CF62

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F2BFB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2cc5d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 204, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.2% 0.133 98.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eedb8f',
    500: '#e2cc5d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2cc5d;
$custom-light: #eedb8f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2cc5d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.075,
    "s": 69.634,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84224,
    "c": 0.13292,
    "h": 98.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.60145
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2CC5D

secondary

#3A4DA9

accent

#33D214

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2CC5D

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

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