#E2C15D#E2C15D

#E2C15D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.551; OKLCH L 82.0% C 0.125 H 91.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2C15D
RGB	rgb(226, 193, 93)
HSL	hsl(45, 70%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(45, 59%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.6%, 58.8%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.10, 0.10, 53.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.10, 53.74, 89.89°)
OKLab	oklab(82% -0.0026 0.1247)
OKLCH	oklch(82% 0.125 91.2)
XYZ	xyz(52.4121, 55.1017, 18.2288)
Luminance	0.5510 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2C15D #5D7EE2

analogous

#E27F5D #E2C15D #C0E25D

triadic

#E2C15D #5DE2C1 #C15DE2

tetradic

#E2C15D #5DE27F #5D7EE2 #E25DC0

square

#E2C15D #5DE27F #5D7EE2 #E25DC0

split-complementary

#E2C15D #5DC0E2 #7F5DE2

monochromatic

#A7851E #D9AD29 #E2C15D #EBD591 #F5E9C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#E2C15D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.02

#E2C15D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2C15D

12.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2C15D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2C15D	1.00	1.75	12.02	12.02
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3BE53

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC861

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3B3AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2c15d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 193, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.0% 0.125 91.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eed38e',
    500: '#e2c15d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2c15d;
$custom-light: #eed38e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2c15d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.113,
    "s": 69.634,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81996,
    "c": 0.12474,
    "h": 91.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.55099
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2C15D

secondary

#3A56A9

accent

#43D214

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2C15D

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

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