#E2C158#E2C158

#E2C158 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.550; OKLCH L 81.9% C 0.129 H 91.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2C158
RGB	rgb(226, 193, 88)
HSL	hsl(46, 70%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(46, 61%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.6%, 61.1%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.05, -0.24, 55.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.05, 55.97, 90.25°)
OKLab	oklab(81.94% -0.0042 0.1289)
OKLCH	oklch(81.94% 0.129 91.9)
XYZ	xyz(52.1979, 55.0160, 17.1004)
Luminance	0.5501 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2C158 #5879E2

analogous

#E27C58 #E2C158 #BEE258

triadic

#E2C158 #58E2C1 #C158E2

tetradic

#E2C158 #58E27C #5879E2 #E258BE

square

#E2C158 #58E27C #5879E2 #E258BE

split-complementary

#E2C158 #58BEE2 #7C58E2

monochromatic

#A3831C #D7AD25 #E2C158 #EBD48C #F4E8C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#E2C158 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.00

#E2C158 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2C158

12.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2C158	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2C158	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)

#D4BE4D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC85D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3B3AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2c158;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 193, 88);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.9% 0.129 91.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eed38b',
    500: '#e2c158',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2c158;
$custom-light: #eed38b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2c158",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 88
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.652,
    "s": 70.408,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81941,
    "c": 0.12896,
    "h": 91.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.55013
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2C158

secondary

#3853A6

accent

#41D213

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2C158

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

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