#E2CE2D#E2CE2D

#E2CE2D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.605; OKLCH L 84.3% C 0.166 H 101.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2CE2D
RGB	rgb(226, 206, 45)
HSL	hsl(53, 76%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(53, 80%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.8%, 80.1%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.11, -9.00, 75.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.11, 75.65, 96.83°)
OKLab	oklab(84.27% -0.0336 0.1622)
OKLCH	oklch(84.27% 0.166 101.7)
XYZ	xyz(53.9116, 60.5034, 11.3207)
Luminance	0.6050 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2CE2D #2D41E2

analogous

#E2732D #E2CE2D #9BE22D

triadic

#E2CE2D #2DE2CE #CE2DE2

tetradic

#E2CE2D #2DE273 #2D41E2 #E22D9B

square

#E2CE2D #2DE273 #2D41E2 #E22D9B

split-complementary

#E2CE2D #2D9BE2 #732DE2

monochromatic

#837612 #B8A719 #E2CE2D #E9DB63 #F1E799

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.60

#E2CE2D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.10

#E2CE2D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2CE2D

13.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2CE2D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2CE2D	1.00	1.60	13.10	13.10
#FFFFFF	1.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E2C800

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8D03A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4BFB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2ce2d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 206, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.3% 0.166 101.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0dc75',
    500: '#e2ce2d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2ce2d;
$custom-light: #f0dc75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2ce2d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.37,
    "s": 75.732,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84273,
    "c": 0.16565,
    "h": 101.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.60501
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2CE2D

secondary

#2A3589

accent

#4AF235

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF1

border

#D7D4CB

text

#171509

muted

#85847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2CE2D

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

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