#E2C057#E2C057

#E2C057 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.546; OKLCH L 81.7% C 0.129 H 91.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2C057
RGB	rgb(226, 192, 87)
HSL	hsl(45, 71%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(45, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15%, 61.5%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.79, 0.21, 56.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.79, 56.13, 89.79°)
OKLab	oklab(81.73% -0.003 0.1291)
OKLCH	oklch(81.73% 0.129 91.3)
XYZ	xyz(51.9364, 54.5589, 16.8103)
Luminance	0.5456 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2C057 #5779E2

analogous

#E27B57 #E2C057 #BEE257

triadic

#E2C057 #57E2C0 #C057E2

tetradic

#E2C057 #57E27B #5779E2 #E257BE

square

#E2C057 #57E27B #5779E2 #E257BE

split-complementary

#E2C057 #57BEE2 #7B57E2

monochromatic

#A3821C #D7AB25 #E2C057 #EBD48B #F4E7BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#E2C057 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.91

#E2C057 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2C057

11.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2C057	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2C057	1.00	1.76	11.91	11.91
#FFFFFF	1.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3BD4C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC75C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3B2A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2c057;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 192, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.7% 0.129 91.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eed28a',
    500: '#e2c057',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2c057;
$custom-light: #eed28a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2c057",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.324,
    "s": 70.558,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81729,
    "c": 0.12913,
    "h": 91.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.54556
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2C057

secondary

#3853A5

accent

#42D313

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2C057

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

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