#E2CC72#E2CC72

#E2CC72 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.606; OKLCH L 84.5% C 0.113 H 96.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2CC72
RGB	rgb(226, 204, 114)
HSL	hsl(48, 66%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(48, 50%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.7%, 49.6%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.15, -3.89, 47.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.15, 47.47, 94.71°)
OKLab	oklab(84.48% -0.0118 0.1128)
OKLCH	oklch(84.48% 0.113 96)
XYZ	xyz(55.9960, 60.5716, 24.6582)
Luminance	0.6057 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2CC72 #7288E2

analogous

#E29472 #E2CC72 #C0E272

triadic

#E2CC72 #72E2CC #CC72E2

tetradic

#E2CC72 #72E294 #7288E2 #E272C0

square

#E2CC72 #72E294 #7288E2 #E272C0

split-complementary

#E2CC72 #72C0E2 #9472E2

monochromatic

#B49825 #D8BA3F #E2CC72 #ECDEA5 #F7F1D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.60

#E2CC72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.11

#E2CC72 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2CC72

13.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2CC72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2CC72	1.00	1.60	13.11	13.11
#FFFFFF	1.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCC86A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CF76

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F1C0B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2cc72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 204, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.5% 0.113 96.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eddb9c',
    500: '#e2cc72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2cc72;
$custom-light: #eddb9c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2cc72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.214,
    "s": 65.882,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8448,
    "c": 0.1134,
    "h": 96
  },
  "luminance": 0.60569
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2CC72

secondary

#4359B5

accent

#3CCE18

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF5

border

#D6D4CF

text

#17140E

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2CC72

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

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