#E2CE52#E2CE52

#E2CE52 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.609; OKLCH L 84.5% C 0.143 H 100.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2CE52
RGB	rgb(226, 206, 82)
HSL	hsl(52, 71%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(52, 64%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.8%, 63.7%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.34, -7.31, 62.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.34, 62.61, 96.71°)
OKLab	oklab(84.53% -0.0252 0.1412)
OKLCH	oklch(84.53% 0.143 100.1)
XYZ	xyz(54.9606, 60.9229, 16.8453)
Luminance	0.6092 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2CE52 #5266E2

analogous

#E28652 #E2CE52 #AEE252

triadic

#E2CE52 #52E2CE #CE52E2

tetradic

#E2CE52 #52E286 #5266E2 #E252AE

square

#E2CE52 #52E286 #5266E2 #E252AE

split-complementary

#E2CE52 #52AEE2 #8652E2

monochromatic

#9F8D1B #D3BB23 #E2CE52 #EBDD86 #F4ECBB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.59

#E2CE52 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.18

#E2CE52 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2CE52

13.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2CE52	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2CE52	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)

#E0C843

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D059

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3C0B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2ce52;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 206, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.5% 0.143 100.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eedc88',
    500: '#e2ce52',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2ce52;
$custom-light: #eedc88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2ce52",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.667,
    "s": 71.287,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84525,
    "c": 0.14348,
    "h": 100.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.60921
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2CE52

secondary

#3645A2

accent

#2DD312

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2CE52

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

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