#E2C153#E2C153

#E2C153 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.549; OKLCH L 81.9% C 0.133 H 92.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2C153
RGB	rgb(226, 193, 83)
HSL	hsl(46, 71%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(46, 63%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.6%, 63.3%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.00, -0.57, 58.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.00, 58.16, 90.56°)
OKLab	oklab(81.89% -0.0057 0.1329)
OKLCH	oklch(81.89% 0.133 92.5)
XYZ	xyz(51.9978, 54.9360, 16.0468)
Luminance	0.5493 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2C153 #5374E2

analogous

#E27953 #E2C153 #BBE253

triadic

#E2C153 #53E2C1 #C153E2

tetradic

#E2C153 #53E279 #5374E2 #E253BB

square

#E2C153 #53E279 #5374E2 #E253BB

split-complementary

#E2C153 #53BBE2 #7953E2

monochromatic

#A0811B #D4AB24 #E2C153 #EBD487 #F4E7BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#E2C153 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.99

#E2C153 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2C153

11.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2C153	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2C153	1.00	1.75	11.99	11.99
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4BE47

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC858

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3B3A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2c153;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 193, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.9% 0.133 92.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eed388',
    500: '#e2c153',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2c153;
$custom-light: #eed388;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2c153",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.154,
    "s": 71.144,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8189,
    "c": 0.13297,
    "h": 92.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.54933
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2C153

secondary

#374FA3

accent

#3FD312

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2C153

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

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