#E2CE49#E2CE49

#E2CE49 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.608; OKLCH L 84.4% C 0.150 H 100.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2CE49
RGB	rgb(226, 206, 73)
HSL	hsl(52, 73%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(52, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.8%, 67.7%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.27, -7.82, 65.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.27, 66.24, 96.78°)
OKLab	oklab(84.45% -0.0277 0.1474)
OKLCH	oklch(84.45% 0.15 100.6)
XYZ	xyz(54.6403, 60.7948, 15.1585)
Luminance	0.6079 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2CE49 #495DE2

analogous

#E28149 #E2CE49 #A9E249

triadic

#E2CE49 #49E2CE #CE49E2

tetradic

#E2CE49 #49E281 #495DE2 #E249A9

square

#E2CE49 #49E281 #495DE2 #E249A9

split-complementary

#E2CE49 #49A9E2 #8149E2

monochromatic

#988818 #CDB721 #E2CE49 #EADC7E #F3EAB3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.60

#E2CE49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.16

#E2CE49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2CE49

13.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2CE49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2CE49	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)

#E1C836

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E7D051

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3C0B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2ce49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 206, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.4% 0.150 100.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efdc83',
    500: '#e2ce49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2ce49;
$custom-light: #efdc83;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2ce49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.157,
    "s": 72.512,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84448,
    "c": 0.15,
    "h": 100.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.60792
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2CE49

secondary

#33419C

accent

#50EF39

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#17150B

muted

#85847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2CE49

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

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