#E2C254#E2C254

#E2C254 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.554; OKLCH L 82.1% C 0.133 H 93.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2C254
RGB	rgb(226, 194, 84)
HSL	hsl(46, 71%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(46, 63%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.2%, 62.8%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.27, -1.02, 58.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.27, 58.01, 91.01°)
OKLab	oklab(82.1% -0.0069 0.1327)
OKLCH	oklch(82.1% 0.133 93)
XYZ	xyz(52.2585, 55.3952, 16.3255)
Luminance	0.5539 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2C254 #5474E2

analogous

#E27B54 #E2C254 #BBE254

triadic

#E2C254 #54E2C2 #C254E2

tetradic

#E2C254 #54E27B #5474E2 #E254BB

square

#E2C254 #54E27B #5474E2 #E254BB

split-complementary

#E2C254 #54BBE2 #7B54E2

monochromatic

#A0821B #D5AD24 #E2C254 #EBD588 #F4E7BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#E2C254 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.08

#E2C254 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2C254

12.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2C254	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2C254	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)

#D5BF48

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC859

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3B4AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2c254;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 194, 84);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.1% 0.133 93.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eed488',
    500: '#e2c254',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2c254;
$custom-light: #eed488;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2c254",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 84
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.479,
    "s": 71,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82101,
    "c": 0.13285,
    "h": 93
  },
  "luminance": 0.55392
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2C254

secondary

#374FA3

accent

#3ED312

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2C254

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

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