#E2C257#E2C257

#E2C257 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.554; OKLCH L 82.1% C 0.130 H 92.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2C257
RGB	rgb(226, 194, 87)
HSL	hsl(46, 71%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(46, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.2%, 61.5%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.30, -0.83, 56.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.30, 56.70, 90.84°)
OKLab	oklab(82.13% -0.006 0.1303)
OKLCH	oklch(82.13% 0.13 92.6)
XYZ	xyz(52.3785, 55.4432, 16.9577)
Luminance	0.5544 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2C257 #5777E2

analogous

#E27D57 #E2C257 #BDE257

triadic

#E2C257 #57E2C2 #C257E2

tetradic

#E2C257 #57E27D #5777E2 #E257BD

square

#E2C257 #57E27D #5777E2 #E257BD

split-complementary

#E2C257 #57BDE2 #7D57E2

monochromatic

#A3841C #D7AE25 #E2C257 #EBD58B #F4E8BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#E2C257 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.09

#E2C257 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2C257

12.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2C257	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2C257	1.00	1.74	12.09	12.09
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5BF4C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC85C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3B4AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2c257;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 194, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.1% 0.130 92.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eed48a',
    500: '#e2c257',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2c257;
$custom-light: #eed48a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2c257",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.187,
    "s": 70.558,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82131,
    "c": 0.13044,
    "h": 92.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.5544
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2C257

secondary

#3851A5

accent

#3FD313

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2C257

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

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