#E2CC60#E2CC60
#E2CC60 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.602; OKLCH L 84.3% C 0.130 H 97.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E2CC60 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(226, 204, 96) |
| HSL | hsl(50, 69%, 63%) |
| HSV | hsv(50, 58%, 89%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 9.7%, 57.5%, 11.4%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(81.95, -5.35, 55.60) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(81.95, 55.85, 95.50°) |
| OKLab | oklab(84.26% -0.018 0.1291) |
| OKLCH | oklch(84.26% 0.13 97.9) |
| XYZ | xyz(55.0703, 60.2014, 19.7833) |
| Luminance | 0.6020 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Sand (survey)
#E2CA76
ΔE00 3.63
Sandy
#F1DA7A
ΔE00 3.85
Light Mustard
#F7D560
ΔE00 4.16
Maize
#F4D054
ΔE00 4.27
Dull Yellow
#EEDC5B
ΔE00 4.37
Pale Gold
#FDDE6C
ΔE00 5.08
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E2CC60 #6076E2
analogous
#E28B60 #E2CC60 #B7E260
triadic
#E2CC60 #60E2CC #CC60E2
tetradic
#E2CC60 #60E28B #6076E2 #E260B7
square
#E2CC60 #60E28B #6076E2 #E260B7
split-complementary
#E2CC60 #60B7E2 #8B60E2
monochromatic
#A9911F #D9BB2C #E2CC60 #EBDD94 #F5EDC8
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.61
#E2CC60 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
13.04
#E2CC60 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E2CC60
13.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E2CC60 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E2CC60 | 1.00 | 1.61 | 13.04 | 13.04 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.61 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 13.04 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 13.04 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#DEC755
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#E4CF65
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F2BFB4
Achromatopsia (no color)
#CCCCCC
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e2cc60; /* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 204, 96); /* oklch */ color: oklch(84.3% 0.130 97.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#eedb91',
500: '#e2cc60',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e2cc60; $custom-light: #eedb91; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e2cc60",
"rgb": {
"r": 226,
"g": 204,
"b": 96
},
"hsl": {
"h": 49.846,
"s": 69.149,
"l": 63.137
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.84257,
"c": 0.13032,
"h": 97.9
},
"luminance": 0.60199
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E2CC60
secondary
#3B4EAB
accent
#34D114
background
#FFFEFC
surface
#FEFBF4
border
#D6D4CE
text
#17140D
muted
#85837F