#E2CE4C#E2CE4C

#E2CE4C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.608; OKLCH L 84.5% C 0.148 H 100.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2CE4C
RGB	rgb(226, 206, 76)
HSL	hsl(52, 72%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(52, 66%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.8%, 66.4%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.29, -7.66, 64.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.29, 65.05, 96.76°)
OKLab	oklab(84.47% -0.0269 0.1454)
OKLCH	oklch(84.47% 0.148 100.5)
XYZ	xyz(54.7422, 60.8356, 15.6950)
Luminance	0.6083 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2CE4C #4C60E2

analogous

#E2834C #E2CE4C #ABE24C

triadic

#E2CE4C #4CE2CE #CE4CE2

tetradic

#E2CE4C #4CE283 #4C60E2 #E24CAB

square

#E2CE4C #4CE283 #4C60E2 #E24CAB

split-complementary

#E2CE4C #4CABE2 #834CE2

monochromatic

#9B8919 #CFB822 #E2CE4C #EBDC81 #F3EBB5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.59

#E2CE4C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.17

#E2CE4C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2CE4C

13.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2CE4C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2CE4C	1.00	1.59	13.17	13.17
#FFFFFF	1.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E1C83B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D053

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3C0B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2ce4c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 206, 76);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.5% 0.148 100.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efdc84',
    500: '#e2ce4c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2ce4c;
$custom-light: #efdc84;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2ce4c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 76
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52,
    "s": 72.115,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84472,
    "c": 0.1479,
    "h": 100.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.60833
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2CE4C

secondary

#34429E

accent

#51EF39

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17150B

muted

#85847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2CE4C

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

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