#E2CE50#E2CE50

#E2CE50 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.609; OKLCH L 84.5% C 0.145 H 100.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2CE50
RGB	rgb(226, 206, 80)
HSL	hsl(52, 72%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(52, 65%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.8%, 64.6%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.32, -7.43, 63.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.32, 63.44, 96.73°)
OKLab	oklab(84.51% -0.0258 0.1427)
OKLCH	oklch(84.51% 0.145 100.2)
XYZ	xyz(54.8856, 60.8929, 16.4503)
Luminance	0.6089 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2CE50 #5064E2

analogous

#E28550 #E2CE50 #ADE250

triadic

#E2CE50 #50E2CE #CE50E2

tetradic

#E2CE50 #50E285 #5064E2 #E250AD

square

#E2CE50 #50E285 #5064E2 #E250AD

split-complementary

#E2CE50 #50ADE2 #8550E2

monochromatic

#9E8C1A #D2BA23 #E2CE50 #EBDD84 #F3EBB9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.59

#E2CE50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.18

#E2CE50 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2CE50

13.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2CE50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2CE50	1.00	1.59	13.18	13.18
#FFFFFF	1.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E0C840

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D057

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3C0B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2ce50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 206, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.5% 0.145 100.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eedc87',
    500: '#e2ce50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2ce50;
$custom-light: #eedc87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2ce50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.781,
    "s": 71.569,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84507,
    "c": 0.14499,
    "h": 100.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.60891
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2CE50

secondary

#3544A1

accent

#52EE39

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF3

border

#D6D4CD

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2CE50

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

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