#E2CE48#E2CE48

#E2CE48 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.608; OKLCH L 84.4% C 0.151 H 100.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2CE48
RGB	rgb(226, 206, 72)
HSL	hsl(52, 73%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(52, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.8%, 68.1%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.26, -7.88, 66.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.26, 66.62, 96.79°)
OKLab	oklab(84.44% -0.0279 0.1481)
OKLCH	oklch(84.44% 0.151 100.7)
XYZ	xyz(54.6074, 60.7817, 14.9853)
Luminance	0.6078 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2CE48 #485CE2

analogous

#E28148 #E2CE48 #A9E248

triadic

#E2CE48 #48E2CE #CE48E2

tetradic

#E2CE48 #48E281 #485CE2 #E248A9

square

#E2CE48 #48E281 #485CE2 #E248A9

split-complementary

#E2CE48 #48A9E2 #8148E2

monochromatic

#988718 #CCB620 #E2CE48 #EADC7D #F3EAB2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.60

#E2CE48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.16

#E2CE48 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2CE48

13.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2CE48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2CE48	1.00	1.60	13.16	13.16
#FFFFFF	1.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E1C835

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E7D050

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3C0B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2ce48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 206, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.4% 0.151 100.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efdc82',
    500: '#e2ce48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2ce48;
$custom-light: #efdc82;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2ce48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.208,
    "s": 72.642,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8444,
    "c": 0.15069,
    "h": 100.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.60779
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2CE48

secondary

#33409C

accent

#50EF38

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#17150B

muted

#85847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2CE48

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

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