#E2C251#E2C251

#E2C251 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.553; OKLCH L 82.1% C 0.135 H 93.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2C251
RGB	rgb(226, 194, 81)
HSL	hsl(47, 71%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(47, 64%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.2%, 64.2%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.24, -1.21, 59.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.24, 59.30, 91.17°)
OKLab	oklab(82.07% -0.0078 0.135)
OKLCH	oklch(82.07% 0.135 93.3)
XYZ	xyz(52.1435, 55.3492, 15.7199)
Luminance	0.5535 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2C251 #5171E2

analogous

#E27A51 #E2C251 #B9E251

triadic

#E2C251 #51E2C2 #C251E2

tetradic

#E2C251 #51E27A #5171E2 #E251B9

square

#E2C251 #51E27A #5171E2 #E251B9

split-complementary

#E2C251 #51B9E2 #7A51E2

monochromatic

#9E811A #D3AC23 #E2C251 #EBD485 #F3E7BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#E2C251 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.07

#E2C251 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2C251

12.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2C251	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2C251	1.00	1.74	12.07	12.07
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5BF44

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC856

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3B4AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2c251;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 194, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.1% 0.135 93.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efd487',
    500: '#e2c251',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2c251;
$custom-light: #efd487;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2c251",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.759,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82072,
    "c": 0.1352,
    "h": 93.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.55346
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2C251

secondary

#364EA1

accent

#3DD312

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF3

border

#D6D4CD

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2C251

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

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