#E2C152#E2C152

#E2C152 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.549; OKLCH L 81.9% C 0.134 H 92.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2C152
RGB	rgb(226, 193, 82)
HSL	hsl(46, 71%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(46, 64%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.6%, 63.7%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.00, -0.63, 58.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.00, 58.59, 90.62°)
OKLab	oklab(81.88% -0.006 0.1336)
OKLCH	oklch(81.88% 0.134 92.6)
XYZ	xyz(51.9595, 54.9207, 15.8449)
Luminance	0.5492 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2C152 #5273E2

analogous

#E27952 #E2C152 #BBE252

triadic

#E2C152 #52E2C1 #C152E2

tetradic

#E2C152 #52E279 #5273E2 #E252BB

square

#E2C152 #52E279 #5273E2 #E252BB

split-complementary

#E2C152 #52BBE2 #7952E2

monochromatic

#9F811B #D3AB23 #E2C152 #EBD486 #F4E7BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#E2C152 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.98

#E2C152 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2C152

11.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2C152	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2C152	1.00	1.75	11.98	11.98
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4BE45

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC857

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3B3A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2c152;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 193, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.9% 0.134 92.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efd387',
    500: '#e2c152',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2c152;
$custom-light: #efd387;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2c152",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.25,
    "s": 71.287,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8188,
    "c": 0.13376,
    "h": 92.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.54918
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2C152

secondary

#364FA2

accent

#3ED312

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF3

border

#D6D4CD

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2C152

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

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