#E2C059#E2C059

#E2C059 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.546; OKLCH L 81.8% C 0.127 H 91.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2C059
RGB	rgb(226, 192, 89)
HSL	hsl(45, 70%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(45, 61%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15%, 60.6%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.81, 0.34, 55.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.81, 55.25, 89.64°)
OKLab	oklab(81.75% -0.0024 0.1275)
OKLCH	oklch(81.75% 0.127 91.1)
XYZ	xyz(52.0192, 54.5921, 17.2466)
Luminance	0.5459 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2C059 #597BE2

analogous

#E27C59 #E2C059 #C0E259

triadic

#E2C059 #59E2C0 #C059E2

tetradic

#E2C059 #59E27C #597BE2 #E259C0

square

#E2C059 #59E27C #597BE2 #E259C0

split-complementary

#E2C059 #59C0E2 #7C59E2

monochromatic

#A4821D #D8AC26 #E2C059 #EBD48D #F4E8C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#E2C059 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.92

#E2C059 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2C059

11.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2C059	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2C059	1.00	1.76	11.92	11.92
#FFFFFF	1.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3BD4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC75D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3B2A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2c059;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 192, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.8% 0.127 91.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eed28b',
    500: '#e2c059',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2c059;
$custom-light: #eed28b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2c059",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.109,
    "s": 70.256,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81751,
    "c": 0.12748,
    "h": 91.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.54589
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2C059

secondary

#3954A6

accent

#43D213

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2C059

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

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