#E2CE53#E2CE53

#E2CE53 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 13.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2CE53
RGB	rgb(226, 206, 83)
HSL	hsl(52, 71%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(52, 63%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.8%, 63.3%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.35, -7.25, 61.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.35, 62.19, 96.69°)
OKLab	oklab(84.53% -0.0249 0.1405)
OKLCH	oklch(84.53% 0.143 100.1)
XYZ	xyz(54.9989, 60.9383, 17.0472)
Luminance	0.6094 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2CE53 #5367E2

analogous

#E28653 #E2CE53 #AFE253

triadic

#E2CE53 #53E2CE #CE53E2

tetradic

#E2CE53 #53E286 #5367E2 #E253AF

square

#E2CE53 #53E286 #5367E2 #E253AF

split-complementary

#E2CE53 #53AFE2 #8653E2

monochromatic

#A08D1B #D4BB24 #E2CE53 #EBDD87 #F4ECBC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.59

#E2CE53 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.19

#E2CE53 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2CE53

13.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2CE53	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2CE53	1.00	1.59	13.19	13.19
#FFFFFF	1.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E0C944

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D05A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F2C0B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2ce53;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 206, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.5% 0.143 100.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eedc89',
    500: '#e2ce53',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2ce53;
$custom-light: #eedc89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2ce53",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.608,
    "s": 71.144,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84534,
    "c": 0.14271,
    "h": 100.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.60936
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2CE53

secondary

#3746A3

accent

#2DD312

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2CE53

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

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