#E2C255#E2C255

#E2C255 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.554; OKLCH L 82.1% C 0.132 H 92.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2C255
RGB	rgb(226, 194, 85)
HSL	hsl(46, 71%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(46, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.2%, 62.4%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.28, -0.96, 57.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.28, 57.58, 90.96°)
OKLab	oklab(82.11% -0.0066 0.1319)
OKLCH	oklch(82.11% 0.132 92.9)
XYZ	xyz(52.2979, 55.4109, 16.5333)
Luminance	0.5541 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2C255 #5575E2

analogous

#E27B55 #E2C255 #BBE255

triadic

#E2C255 #55E2C2 #C255E2

tetradic

#E2C255 #55E27B #5575E2 #E255BB

square

#E2C255 #55E27B #5575E2 #E255BB

split-complementary

#E2C255 #55BBE2 #7B55E2

monochromatic

#A1831B #D5AD24 #E2C255 #EBD589 #F4E8BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#E2C255 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.08

#E2C255 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2C255

12.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2C255	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2C255	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)

#D5BF49

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC85A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3B4AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2c255;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 194, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.1% 0.132 92.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eed489',
    500: '#e2c255',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2c255;
$custom-light: #eed489;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2c255",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.383,
    "s": 70.854,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82111,
    "c": 0.13206,
    "h": 92.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.55408
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2C255

secondary

#3750A4

accent

#3ED313

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2C255

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

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