#E2C351#E2C351

#E2C351 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.558; OKLCH L 82.3% C 0.136 H 93.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2C351
RGB	rgb(226, 195, 81)
HSL	hsl(47, 71%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(47, 64%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.7%, 64.2%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.50, -1.73, 59.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.50, 59.59, 91.66°)
OKLab	oklab(82.27% -0.0093 0.1356)
OKLCH	oklch(82.27% 0.136 93.9)
XYZ	xyz(52.3668, 55.7958, 15.7943)
Luminance	0.5579 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2C351 #5170E2

analogous

#E27A51 #E2C351 #B9E251

triadic

#E2C351 #51E2C3 #C351E2

tetradic

#E2C351 #51E27A #5170E2 #E251B9

square

#E2C351 #51E27A #5170E2 #E251B9

split-complementary

#E2C351 #51B9E2 #7A51E2

monochromatic

#9E821A #D3AD23 #E2C351 #EBD585 #F3E7BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#E2C351 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.16

#E2C351 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2C351

12.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2C351	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2C351	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)

#D6C044

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DEC956

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3B5AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2c351;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 195, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.3% 0.136 93.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efd487',
    500: '#e2c351',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2c351;
$custom-light: #efd487;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2c351",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.172,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82273,
    "c": 0.13587,
    "h": 93.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.55793
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2C351

secondary

#364DA1

accent

#3BD312

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF3

border

#D6D4CD

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2C351

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

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