#E2C15B#E2C15B

#E2C15B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.551; OKLCH L 82.0% C 0.126 H 91.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2C15B
RGB	rgb(226, 193, 91)
HSL	hsl(45, 70%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(45, 60%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.6%, 59.7%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.08, -0.04, 54.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.08, 54.64, 90.04°)
OKLab	oklab(81.97% -0.0032 0.1264)
OKLCH	oklch(81.97% 0.126 91.5)
XYZ	xyz(52.3247, 55.0667, 17.7684)
Luminance	0.5506 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2C15B #5B7CE2

analogous

#E27D5B #E2C15B #C0E25B

triadic

#E2C15B #5BE2C1 #C15BE2

tetradic

#E2C15B #5BE27D #5B7CE2 #E25BC0

square

#E2C15B #5BE27D #5B7CE2 #E25BC0

split-complementary

#E2C15B #5BC0E2 #7D5BE2

monochromatic

#A5841D #D9AD27 #E2C15B #EBD58F #F4E8C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#E2C15B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.01

#E2C15B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2C15B

12.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2C15B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2C15B	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)

#D4BE51

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC85F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3B3AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2c15b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 193, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.0% 0.126 91.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eed38d',
    500: '#e2c15b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2c15b;
$custom-light: #eed38d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2c15b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.333,
    "s": 69.948,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81973,
    "c": 0.12645,
    "h": 91.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.55064
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2C15B

secondary

#3954A8

accent

#42D214

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2C15B

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

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