#E2C256#E2C256

#E2C256 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.554; OKLCH L 82.1% C 0.131 H 92.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2C256
RGB	rgb(226, 194, 86)
HSL	hsl(46, 71%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(46, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.2%, 61.9%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.29, -0.90, 57.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.29, 57.14, 90.90°)
OKLab	oklab(82.12% -0.0063 0.1311)
OKLCH	oklch(82.12% 0.131 92.8)
XYZ	xyz(52.3379, 55.4269, 16.7440)
Luminance	0.5542 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2C256 #5676E2

analogous

#E27C56 #E2C256 #BCE256

triadic

#E2C256 #56E2C2 #C256E2

tetradic

#E2C256 #56E27C #5676E2 #E256BC

square

#E2C256 #56E27C #5676E2 #E256BC

split-complementary

#E2C256 #56BCE2 #7C56E2

monochromatic

#A2831C #D6AE25 #E2C256 #EBD58A #F4E8BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#E2C256 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.08

#E2C256 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2C256

12.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2C256	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2C256	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)

#D5BF4A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC85B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3B4AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2c256;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 194, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.1% 0.131 92.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eed48a',
    500: '#e2c256',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2c256;
$custom-light: #eed48a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2c256",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.286,
    "s": 70.707,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82121,
    "c": 0.13125,
    "h": 92.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.55424
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2C256

secondary

#3851A5

accent

#3FD313

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2C256

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

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