#E2C159#E2C159

#E2C159 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.550; OKLCH L 82.0% C 0.128 H 91.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2C159
RGB	rgb(226, 193, 89)
HSL	hsl(46, 70%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(46, 61%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.6%, 60.6%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.06, -0.18, 55.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.06, 55.53, 90.18°)
OKLab	oklab(81.95% -0.0039 0.1281)
OKLCH	oklch(81.95% 0.128 91.7)
XYZ	xyz(52.2396, 55.0327, 17.3200)
Luminance	0.5503 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2C159 #597AE2

analogous

#E27D59 #E2C159 #BFE259

triadic

#E2C159 #59E2C1 #C159E2

tetradic

#E2C159 #59E27D #597AE2 #E259BF

square

#E2C159 #59E27D #597AE2 #E259BF

split-complementary

#E2C159 #59BFE2 #7D59E2

monochromatic

#A4831D #D8AD26 #E2C159 #EBD48D #F4E8C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#E2C159 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.01

#E2C159 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2C159

12.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2C159	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2C159	1.00	1.75	12.01	12.01
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4BE4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC85E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3B3AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2c159;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 193, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.0% 0.128 91.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eed38b',
    500: '#e2c159',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2c159;
$custom-light: #eed38b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2c159",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.547,
    "s": 70.256,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81951,
    "c": 0.12813,
    "h": 91.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.5503
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2C159

secondary

#3953A6

accent

#41D213

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2C159

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

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