#E2CE57#E2CE57

#E2CE57 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.610; OKLCH L 84.6% C 0.140 H 99.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2CE57
RGB	rgb(226, 206, 87)
HSL	hsl(51, 71%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(51, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.8%, 61.5%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.38, -7.00, 60.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.38, 60.50, 96.64°)
OKLab	oklab(84.57% -0.0237 0.1375)
OKLCH	oklch(84.57% 0.14 99.8)
XYZ	xyz(55.1579, 61.0018, 17.8841)
Luminance	0.6100 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2CE57 #576BE2

analogous

#E28957 #E2CE57 #B1E257

triadic

#E2CE57 #57E2CE #CE57E2

tetradic

#E2CE57 #57E289 #576BE2 #E257B1

square

#E2CE57 #57E289 #576BE2 #E257B1

split-complementary

#E2CE57 #57B1E2 #8957E2

monochromatic

#A38F1C #D7BD25 #E2CE57 #EBDD8B #F4ECBF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.59

#E2CE57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.20

#E2CE57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2CE57

13.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2CE57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2CE57	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)

#E0C94A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D05D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F2C0B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2ce57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 206, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.6% 0.140 99.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eedc8b',
    500: '#e2ce57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2ce57;
$custom-light: #eedc8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2ce57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.367,
    "s": 70.558,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84572,
    "c": 0.13955,
    "h": 99.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.60999
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2CE57

secondary

#3848A5

accent

#2FD313

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2CE57

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

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