#E2C253#E2C253

#E2C253 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.554; OKLCH L 82.1% C 0.134 H 93.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2C253
RGB	rgb(226, 194, 83)
HSL	hsl(47, 71%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(47, 63%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.2%, 63.3%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.26, -1.09, 58.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.26, 58.45, 91.07°)
OKLab	oklab(82.09% -0.0072 0.1335)
OKLCH	oklch(82.09% 0.134 93.1)
XYZ	xyz(52.2196, 55.3796, 16.1207)
Luminance	0.5538 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2C253 #5373E2

analogous

#E27A53 #E2C253 #BBE253

triadic

#E2C253 #53E2C2 #C253E2

tetradic

#E2C253 #53E27A #5373E2 #E253BB

square

#E2C253 #53E27A #5373E2 #E253BB

split-complementary

#E2C253 #53BBE2 #7A53E2

monochromatic

#A0821B #D4AD24 #E2C253 #EBD587 #F4E7BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#E2C253 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.08

#E2C253 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2C253

12.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2C253	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2C253	1.00	1.74	12.08	12.08
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5BF46

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC858

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3B4AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2c253;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 194, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.1% 0.134 93.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eed488',
    500: '#e2c253',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2c253;
$custom-light: #eed488;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2c253",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.573,
    "s": 71.144,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82091,
    "c": 0.13365,
    "h": 93.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.55377
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2C253

secondary

#374FA3

accent

#3DD312

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2C253

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

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