#E2C350#E2C350
#E2C350 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.558; OKLCH L 82.3% C 0.137 H 94.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E2C350 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(226, 195, 80) |
| HSL | hsl(47, 72%, 60%) |
| HSV | hsv(47, 65%, 89%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 13.7%, 64.6%, 11.4%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(79.49, -1.79, 59.99) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(79.49, 60.01, 91.71°) |
| OKLab | oklab(82.26% -0.0096 0.1363) |
| OKLCH | oklch(82.26% 0.137 94) |
| XYZ | xyz(52.3296, 55.7809, 15.5983) |
| Luminance | 0.5578 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Maize
#F4D054
ΔE00 3.63
Light Mustard
#F7D560
ΔE00 4.47
Mustard
#DBB42C
ΔE00 4.51
Sand (survey)
#E2CA76
ΔE00 4.84
Dark Yellow
#D5B60A
ΔE00 5.21
Gold (survey)
#DBB40C
ΔE00 5.41
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E2C350 #506FE2
analogous
#E27A50 #E2C350 #B8E250
triadic
#E2C350 #50E2C3 #C350E2
tetradic
#E2C350 #50E27A #506FE2 #E250B8
square
#E2C350 #50E27A #506FE2 #E250B8
split-complementary
#E2C350 #50B8E2 #7A50E2
monochromatic
#9E821A #D2AD23 #E2C350 #EBD584 #F3E7B9
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.73
#E2C350 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
12.16
#E2C350 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E2C350
12.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E2C350 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E2C350 | 1.00 | 1.73 | 12.16 | 12.16 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.73 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 12.16 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 12.16 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#D6C042
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#DEC956
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F3B5AB
Achromatopsia (no color)
#C5C5C5
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e2c350; /* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 195, 80); /* oklch */ color: oklch(82.3% 0.137 94.0);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#efd486',
500: '#e2c350',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e2c350; $custom-light: #efd486; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e2c350",
"rgb": {
"r": 226,
"g": 195,
"b": 80
},
"hsl": {
"h": 47.26,
"s": 71.569,
"l": 60
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.82264,
"c": 0.13664,
"h": 94
},
"luminance": 0.55778
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E2C350
secondary
#354CA1
accent
#60EE39
background
#FFFEFB
surface
#FEFBF2
border
#D6D4CC
text
#17140B
muted
#85837E