#E2C053#E2C053

#E2C053 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.545; OKLCH L 81.7% C 0.132 H 91.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2C053
RGB	rgb(226, 192, 83)
HSL	hsl(46, 71%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(46, 63%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15%, 63.3%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.75, -0.05, 57.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.75, 57.88, 90.05°)
OKLab	oklab(81.69% -0.0042 0.1323)
OKLCH	oklch(81.69% 0.132 91.8)
XYZ	xyz(51.7775, 54.4954, 15.9734)
Luminance	0.5449 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2C053 #5375E2

analogous

#E27853 #E2C053 #BDE253

triadic

#E2C053 #53E2C0 #C053E2

tetradic

#E2C053 #53E278 #5375E2 #E253BD

square

#E2C053 #53E278 #5375E2 #E253BD

split-complementary

#E2C053 #53BDE2 #7853E2

monochromatic

#A0801B #D4AA24 #E2C053 #EBD387 #F4E6BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#E2C053 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.90

#E2C053 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2C053

11.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2C053	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2C053	1.00	1.76	11.90	11.90
#FFFFFF	1.76	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)

#D3BD47

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC758

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3B2A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2c053;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 192, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.7% 0.132 91.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eed288',
    500: '#e2c053',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2c053;
$custom-light: #eed288;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2c053",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.734,
    "s": 71.144,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81688,
    "c": 0.13233,
    "h": 91.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.54493
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2C053

secondary

#3750A3

accent

#40D312

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF3

border

#D6D4CD

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2C053

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

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