#E2CE2E#E2CE2E

#E2CE2E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.605; OKLCH L 84.3% C 0.165 H 101.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2CE2E
RGB	rgb(226, 206, 46)
HSL	hsl(53, 76%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(53, 80%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.8%, 79.6%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.12, -8.97, 74.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.12, 75.37, 96.84°)
OKLab	oklab(84.28% -0.0335 0.1618)
OKLCH	oklch(84.28% 0.165 101.7)
XYZ	xyz(53.9311, 60.5111, 11.4233)
Luminance	0.6051 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2CE2E #2E42E2

analogous

#E2742E #E2CE2E #9CE22E

triadic

#E2CE2E #2EE2CE #CE2EE2

tetradic

#E2CE2E #2EE274 #2E42E2 #E22E9C

square

#E2CE2E #2EE274 #2E42E2 #E22E9C

split-complementary

#E2CE2E #2E9CE2 #742EE2

monochromatic

#837712 #B9A71A #E2CE2E #E9DB64 #F1E799

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.60

#E2CE2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.10

#E2CE2E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2CE2E

13.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2CE2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2CE2E	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)

#E8D03B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4BFB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2ce2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 206, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.3% 0.165 101.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0dc75',
    500: '#e2ce2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2ce2e;
$custom-light: #f0dc75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2ce2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.333,
    "s": 75.63,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84277,
    "c": 0.16522,
    "h": 101.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.60509
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2CE2E

secondary

#2A358A

accent

#4BF236

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF1

border

#D7D4CB

text

#171509

muted

#85847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2CE2E

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

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