#E2C353#E2C353
#E2C353 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.558; OKLCH L 82.3% C 0.134 H 93.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E2C353 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(226, 195, 83) |
| HSL | hsl(47, 71%, 61%) |
| HSV | hsv(47, 63%, 89%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 13.7%, 63.3%, 11.4%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(79.51, -1.61, 58.71) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(79.51, 58.74, 91.57°) |
| OKLab | oklab(82.29% -0.0087 0.134) |
| OKLCH | oklch(82.29% 0.134 93.7) |
| XYZ | xyz(52.4429, 55.8262, 16.1952) |
| Luminance | 0.5582 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Maize
#F4D054
ΔE00 3.71
Light Mustard
#F7D560
ΔE00 4.48
Sand (survey)
#E2CA76
ΔE00 4.54
Mustard
#DBB42C
ΔE00 4.66
Dark Yellow
#D5B60A
ΔE00 5.49
Gold (survey)
#DBB40C
ΔE00 5.64
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E2C353 #5372E2
analogous
#E27B53 #E2C353 #B9E253
triadic
#E2C353 #53E2C3 #C353E2
tetradic
#E2C353 #53E27B #5372E2 #E253B9
square
#E2C353 #53E27B #5372E2 #E253B9
split-complementary
#E2C353 #53B9E2 #7B53E2
monochromatic
#A0831B #D4AE24 #E2C353 #EBD587 #F4E8BC
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.73
#E2C353 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
12.16
#E2C353 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E2C353
12.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E2C353 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E2C353 | 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)
#D6C046
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#DEC958
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F3B5AB
Achromatopsia (no color)
#C5C5C5
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e2c353; /* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 195, 83); /* oklch */ color: oklch(82.3% 0.134 93.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#eed488',
500: '#e2c353',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e2c353; $custom-light: #eed488; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e2c353",
"rgb": {
"r": 226,
"g": 195,
"b": 83
},
"hsl": {
"h": 46.993,
"s": 71.144,
"l": 60.588
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.82293,
"c": 0.13432,
"h": 93.7
},
"luminance": 0.55823
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E2C353
secondary
#374EA3
accent
#3CD312
background
#FFFEFC
surface
#FEFBF4
border
#D6D4CE
text
#17140C
muted
#85837F