#E2CE59#E2CE59

#E2CE59 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.610; OKLCH L 84.6% C 0.138 H 99.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2CE59
RGB	rgb(226, 206, 89)
HSL	hsl(51, 70%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(51, 61%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.8%, 60.6%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.40, -6.86, 59.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.40, 59.63, 96.61°)
OKLab	oklab(84.59% -0.0231 0.136)
OKLCH	oklch(84.59% 0.138 99.7)
XYZ	xyz(55.2407, 61.0350, 18.3204)
Luminance	0.6103 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2CE59 #596DE2

analogous

#E28A59 #E2CE59 #B2E259

triadic

#E2CE59 #59E2CE #CE59E2

tetradic

#E2CE59 #59E28A #596DE2 #E259B2

square

#E2CE59 #59E28A #596DE2 #E259B2

split-complementary

#E2CE59 #59B2E2 #8A59E2

monochromatic

#A4901D #D8BE26 #E2CE59 #EBDD8D #F4EDC1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.59

#E2CE59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.21

#E2CE59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2CE59

13.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2CE59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2CE59	1.00	1.59	13.21	13.21
#FFFFFF	1.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E0C94C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D05F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F2C0B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2ce59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 206, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.6% 0.138 99.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eedc8c',
    500: '#e2ce59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2ce59;
$custom-light: #eedc8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2ce59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.241,
    "s": 70.256,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84592,
    "c": 0.13793,
    "h": 99.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.61033
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2CE59

secondary

#3949A6

accent

#2FD213

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2CE59

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

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