#E2CE31#E2CE31

#E2CE31 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.605; OKLCH L 84.3% C 0.164 H 101.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2CE31
RGB	rgb(226, 206, 49)
HSL	hsl(53, 75%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(53, 78%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.8%, 78.3%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.13, -8.87, 73.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.13, 74.51, 96.84°)
OKLab	oklab(84.29% -0.0329 0.1605)
OKLCH	oklch(84.29% 0.164 101.6)
XYZ	xyz(53.9923, 60.5356, 11.7457)
Luminance	0.6053 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2CE31 #3145E2

analogous

#E27631 #E2CE31 #9EE231

triadic

#E2CE31 #31E2CE #CE31E2

tetradic

#E2CE31 #31E276 #3145E2 #E2319E

square

#E2CE31 #31E276 #3145E2 #E2319E

split-complementary

#E2CE31 #319EE2 #7631E2

monochromatic

#867913 #BBA91A #E2CE31 #EADB67 #F1E89C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.60

#E2CE31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.11

#E2CE31 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2CE31

13.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2CE31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2CE31	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)

#E2C800

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8D03D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4BFB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2ce31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 206, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.3% 0.164 101.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0dc77',
    500: '#e2ce31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2ce31;
$custom-light: #f0dc77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2ce31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.22,
    "s": 75.319,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84292,
    "c": 0.16386,
    "h": 101.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.60533
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2CE31

secondary

#2B368C

accent

#4BF236

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF1

border

#D7D4CB

text

#17150A

muted

#85847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2CE31

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

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