#E2CF40#E2CF40

#E2CF40 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.612; OKLCH L 84.6% C 0.157 H 101.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2CF40
RGB	rgb(226, 207, 64)
HSL	hsl(53, 74%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(53, 72%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.4%, 71.7%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.47, -8.78, 69.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.47, 69.91, 97.21°)
OKLab	oklab(84.59% -0.0313 0.1535)
OKLCH	oklch(84.59% 0.157 101.5)
XYZ	xyz(54.6047, 61.1670, 13.7797)
Luminance	0.6117 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2CF40 #4053E2

analogous

#E27E40 #E2CF40 #A4E240

triadic

#E2CF40 #40E2CF #CF40E2

tetradic

#E2CF40 #40E27E #4053E2 #E240A4

square

#E2CF40 #40E27E #4053E2 #E240A4

split-complementary

#E2CF40 #40A4E2 #7E40E2

monochromatic

#928316 #C7B31E #E2CF40 #EADC75 #F2EAAA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.59

#E2CF40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.23

#E2CF40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2CF40

13.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2CF40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2CF40	1.00	1.59	13.23	13.23
#FFFFFF	1.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E2C928

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8D149

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3C0B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2cf40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 207, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.6% 0.157 101.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efdd7e',
    500: '#e2cf40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2cf40;
$custom-light: #efdd7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2cf40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 207,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.963,
    "s": 73.636,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84588,
    "c": 0.15662,
    "h": 101.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.61165
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2CF40

secondary

#303C96

accent

#4DF038

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFCF2

border

#D7D5CC

text

#17150B

muted

#85847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2CF40

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →