#E2CC8A#E2CC8A

#E2CC8A is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.612; OKLCH L 84.9% C 0.088 H 91.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2CC8A
RGB	rgb(226, 204, 138)
HSL	hsl(45, 60%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(45, 39%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.7%, 38.9%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.48, -1.50, 35.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.48, 35.73, 92.41°)
OKLab	oklab(84.85% -0.0027 0.0879)
OKLCH	oklch(84.85% 0.088 91.8)
XYZ	xyz(57.5456, 61.1915, 32.8197)
Luminance	0.6119 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2CC8A #8AA0E2

analogous

#E2A08A #E2CC8A #CCE28A

triadic

#E2CC8A #8AE2CC #CC8AE2

tetradic

#E2CC8A #8AE2A0 #8AA0E2 #E28ACC

square

#E2CC8A #8AE2A0 #8AA0E2 #E28ACC

split-complementary

#E2CC8A #8ACCE2 #A08AE2

monochromatic

#C29D30 #D6B759 #E2CC8A #EEE1BB #F9F4E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.59

#E2CC8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.24

#E2CC8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2CC8A

13.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2CC8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2CC8A	1.00	1.59	13.24	13.24
#FFFFFF	1.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAC985

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFD08C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EFC2BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2cc8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 204, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.9% 0.088 91.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecdbad',
    500: '#e2cc8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2cc8a;
$custom-light: #ecdbad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2cc8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45,
    "s": 60.274,
    "l": 71.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84852,
    "c": 0.08798,
    "h": 91.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.61189
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2CC8A

secondary

#566FBA

accent

#48C81E

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFBF7

border

#D6D4D0

text

#161510

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2CC8A

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

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