#E2CC61#E2CC61

#E2CC61 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.602; OKLCH L 84.3% C 0.129 H 97.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2CC61
RGB	rgb(226, 204, 97)
HSL	hsl(50, 69%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(50, 57%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.7%, 57.1%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.96, -5.28, 55.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.96, 55.40, 95.47°)
OKLab	oklab(84.27% -0.0177 0.1282)
OKLCH	oklch(84.27% 0.129 97.8)
XYZ	xyz(55.1167, 60.2199, 20.0273)
Luminance	0.6022 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2CC61 #6177E2

analogous

#E28B61 #E2CC61 #B8E261

triadic

#E2CC61 #61E2CC #CC61E2

tetradic

#E2CC61 #61E28B #6177E2 #E261B8

square

#E2CC61 #61E28B #6177E2 #E261B8

split-complementary

#E2CC61 #61B8E2 #8B61E2

monochromatic

#A9921F #D9BB2D #E2CC61 #EBDD95 #F5EDC8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.61

#E2CC61 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.04

#E2CC61 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2CC61

13.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2CC61	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2CC61	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)

#DEC756

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3CF66

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F2BFB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2cc61;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 204, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.3% 0.129 97.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eedb91',
    500: '#e2cc61',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2cc61;
$custom-light: #eedb91;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2cc61",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.767,
    "s": 68.984,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84268,
    "c": 0.12944,
    "h": 97.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.60218
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2CC61

secondary

#3C4FAB

accent

#35D115

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2CC61

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

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