#E2C155#E2C155

#E2C155 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.550; OKLCH L 81.9% C 0.131 H 92.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2C155
RGB	rgb(226, 193, 85)
HSL	hsl(46, 71%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(46, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.6%, 62.4%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.02, -0.44, 57.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.02, 57.29, 90.44°)
OKLab	oklab(81.91% -0.0051 0.1313)
OKLCH	oklch(81.91% 0.131 92.2)
XYZ	xyz(52.0761, 54.9673, 16.4593)
Luminance	0.5496 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2C155 #5576E2

analogous

#E27A55 #E2C155 #BDE255

triadic

#E2C155 #55E2C1 #C155E2

tetradic

#E2C155 #55E27A #5576E2 #E255BD

square

#E2C155 #55E27A #5576E2 #E255BD

split-complementary

#E2C155 #55BDE2 #7A55E2

monochromatic

#A1821B #D5AC24 #E2C155 #EBD489 #F4E7BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#E2C155 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.99

#E2C155 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2C155

11.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2C155	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2C155	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)

#D4BE49

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC85A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3B3AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2c155;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 193, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.9% 0.131 92.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eed389',
    500: '#e2c155',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2c155;
$custom-light: #eed389;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2c155",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.957,
    "s": 70.854,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8191,
    "c": 0.13139,
    "h": 92.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.54965
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2C155

secondary

#3751A4

accent

#40D313

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2C155

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

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