#E2C156#E2C156

#E2C156 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.550; OKLCH L 81.9% C 0.131 H 92.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2C156
RGB	rgb(226, 193, 86)
HSL	hsl(46, 71%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(46, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.6%, 61.9%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.03, -0.38, 56.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.03, 56.86, 90.38°)
OKLab	oklab(81.92% -0.0048 0.1305)
OKLCH	oklch(81.92% 0.131 92.1)
XYZ	xyz(52.1161, 54.9833, 16.6700)
Luminance	0.5498 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2C156 #5677E2

analogous

#E27B56 #E2C156 #BDE256

triadic

#E2C156 #56E2C1 #C156E2

tetradic

#E2C156 #56E27B #5677E2 #E256BD

square

#E2C156 #56E27B #5677E2 #E256BD

split-complementary

#E2C156 #56BDE2 #7B56E2

monochromatic

#A2821C #D6AC25 #E2C156 #EBD48A #F4E7BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#E2C156 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.00

#E2C156 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2C156

12.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2C156	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2C156	1.00	1.75	12.00	12.00
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4BE4A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC85B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3B3AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2c156;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 193, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.9% 0.131 92.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eed38a',
    500: '#e2c156',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2c156;
$custom-light: #eed38a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2c156",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.857,
    "s": 70.707,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8192,
    "c": 0.13059,
    "h": 92.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.54981
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2C156

secondary

#3851A5

accent

#40D313

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2C156

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

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