#E2CE40#E2CE40

#E2CE40 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.607; OKLCH L 84.4% C 0.156 H 101.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2CE40
RGB	rgb(226, 206, 64)
HSL	hsl(53, 74%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(53, 72%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.8%, 71.7%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.21, -8.27, 69.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.21, 69.60, 96.82°)
OKLab	oklab(84.38% -0.0299 0.1529)
OKLCH	oklch(84.38% 0.156 101)
XYZ	xyz(54.3632, 60.6840, 13.6992)
Luminance	0.6068 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2CE40 #4054E2

analogous

#E27D40 #E2CE40 #A5E240

triadic

#E2CE40 #40E2CE #CE40E2

tetradic

#E2CE40 #40E27D #4054E2 #E240A5

square

#E2CE40 #40E27D #4054E2 #E240A5

split-complementary

#E2CE40 #40A5E2 #7D40E2

monochromatic

#928216 #C7B21E #E2CE40 #EADC75 #F2E9AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.60

#E2CE40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.14

#E2CE40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2CE40

13.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2CE40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2CE40	1.00	1.60	13.14	13.14
#FFFFFF	1.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E1C828

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E7D049

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3BFB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2ce40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 206, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.4% 0.156 101.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efdc7e',
    500: '#e2ce40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2ce40;
$custom-light: #efdc7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2ce40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.593,
    "s": 73.636,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84381,
    "c": 0.15582,
    "h": 101
  },
  "luminance": 0.60682
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2CE40

secondary

#303D96

accent

#4EF038

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#17150A

muted

#85847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2CE40

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

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