#E2C355#E2C355

#E2C355 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.559; OKLCH L 82.3% C 0.133 H 93.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2C355
RGB	rgb(226, 195, 85)
HSL	hsl(47, 71%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(47, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.7%, 62.4%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.53, -1.48, 57.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.53, 57.87, 91.46°)
OKLab	oklab(82.31% -0.0081 0.1325)
OKLCH	oklch(82.31% 0.133 93.5)
XYZ	xyz(52.5212, 55.8576, 16.6077)
Luminance	0.5585 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2C355 #5574E2

analogous

#E27C55 #E2C355 #BAE255

triadic

#E2C355 #55E2C3 #C355E2

tetradic

#E2C355 #55E27C #5574E2 #E255BA

square

#E2C355 #55E27C #5574E2 #E255BA

split-complementary

#E2C355 #55BAE2 #7C55E2

monochromatic

#A1841B #D5AE24 #E2C355 #EBD589 #F4E8BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#E2C355 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.17

#E2C355 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2C355

12.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2C355	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2C355	1.00	1.73	12.17	12.17
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6C049

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DEC95A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3B5AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2c355;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 195, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.3% 0.133 93.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eed489',
    500: '#e2c355',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2c355;
$custom-light: #eed489;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2c355",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.809,
    "s": 70.854,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82313,
    "c": 0.13274,
    "h": 93.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.55855
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2C355

secondary

#374FA4

accent

#3DD313

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2C355

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

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