#E2C052#E2C052

#E2C052 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.545; OKLCH L 81.7% C 0.133 H 92.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2C052
RGB	rgb(226, 192, 82)
HSL	hsl(46, 71%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(46, 64%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15%, 63.7%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.74, -0.11, 58.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.74, 58.31, 90.11°)
OKLab	oklab(81.68% -0.0045 0.133)
OKLCH	oklch(81.68% 0.133 92)
XYZ	xyz(51.7392, 54.4800, 15.7715)
Luminance	0.5448 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2C052 #5274E2

analogous

#E27852 #E2C052 #BCE252

triadic

#E2C052 #52E2C0 #C052E2

tetradic

#E2C052 #52E278 #5274E2 #E252BC

square

#E2C052 #52E278 #5274E2 #E252BC

split-complementary

#E2C052 #52BCE2 #7852E2

monochromatic

#9F801B #D3AA23 #E2C052 #EBD386 #F4E6BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#E2C052 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.90

#E2C052 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2C052

11.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2C052	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2C052	1.00	1.77	11.90	11.90
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3BD46

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC757

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3B2A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2c052;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 192, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.7% 0.133 92.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efd287',
    500: '#e2c052',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2c052;
$custom-light: #efd287;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2c052",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.833,
    "s": 71.287,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81679,
    "c": 0.13312,
    "h": 92
  },
  "luminance": 0.54477
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2C052

secondary

#3650A2

accent

#40D312

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF3

border

#D6D4CD

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2C052

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

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