#E2C258#E2C258

#E2C258 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.555; OKLCH L 82.1% C 0.130 H 92.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2C258
RGB	rgb(226, 194, 88)
HSL	hsl(46, 70%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(46, 61%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.2%, 61.1%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.31, -0.76, 56.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.31, 56.26, 90.78°)
OKLab	oklab(82.14% -0.0057 0.1295)
OKLCH	oklch(82.14% 0.13 92.5)
XYZ	xyz(52.4197, 55.4596, 17.1743)
Luminance	0.5546 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2C258 #5878E2

analogous

#E27D58 #E2C258 #BDE258

triadic

#E2C258 #58E2C2 #C258E2

tetradic

#E2C258 #58E27D #5878E2 #E258BD

square

#E2C258 #58E27D #5878E2 #E258BD

split-complementary

#E2C258 #58BDE2 #7D58E2

monochromatic

#A3841C #D7AE25 #E2C258 #EBD58C #F4E8C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#E2C258 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.09

#E2C258 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2C258

12.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2C258	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2C258	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)

#D5BF4D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC85D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3B4AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2c258;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 194, 88);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.1% 0.130 92.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eed48b',
    500: '#e2c258',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2c258;
$custom-light: #eed48b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2c258",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 88
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.087,
    "s": 70.408,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82142,
    "c": 0.12962,
    "h": 92.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.55457
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2C258

secondary

#3852A6

accent

#3FD213

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2C258

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

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