#E2CE56#E2CE56

#E2CE56 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.610; OKLCH L 84.6% C 0.140 H 99.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2CE56
RGB	rgb(226, 206, 86)
HSL	hsl(51, 71%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(51, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.8%, 61.9%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.37, -7.06, 60.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.37, 60.92, 96.66°)
OKLab	oklab(84.56% -0.024 0.1383)
OKLCH	oklch(84.56% 0.14 99.9)
XYZ	xyz(55.1173, 60.9856, 17.6704)
Luminance	0.6098 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2CE56 #566AE2

analogous

#E28856 #E2CE56 #B0E256

triadic

#E2CE56 #56E2CE #CE56E2

tetradic

#E2CE56 #56E288 #566AE2 #E256B0

square

#E2CE56 #56E288 #566AE2 #E256B0

split-complementary

#E2CE56 #56B0E2 #8856E2

monochromatic

#A28F1C #D6BD25 #E2CE56 #EBDD8A #F4ECBE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.59

#E2CE56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.20

#E2CE56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2CE56

13.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2CE56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2CE56	1.00	1.59	13.20	13.20
#FFFFFF	1.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E0C948

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D05C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F2C0B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2ce56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 206, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.6% 0.140 99.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eedc8a',
    500: '#e2ce56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2ce56;
$custom-light: #eedc8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2ce56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.429,
    "s": 70.707,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84562,
    "c": 0.14035,
    "h": 99.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.60983
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2CE56

secondary

#3847A5

accent

#2ED313

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2CE56

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

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