#E2C356#E2C356

#E2C356 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.559; OKLCH L 82.3% C 0.132 H 93.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2C356
RGB	rgb(226, 195, 86)
HSL	hsl(47, 71%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(47, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.7%, 61.9%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.54, -1.41, 57.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.54, 57.44, 91.41°)
OKLab	oklab(82.32% -0.0078 0.1317)
OKLCH	oklch(82.32% 0.132 93.4)
XYZ	xyz(52.5613, 55.8736, 16.8184)
Luminance	0.5587 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2C356 #5675E2

analogous

#E27D56 #E2C356 #BBE256

triadic

#E2C356 #56E2C3 #C356E2

tetradic

#E2C356 #56E27D #5675E2 #E256BB

square

#E2C356 #56E27D #5675E2 #E256BB

split-complementary

#E2C356 #56BBE2 #7D56E2

monochromatic

#A2841C #D6AF25 #E2C356 #EBD68A #F4E8BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#E2C356 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.17

#E2C356 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2C356

12.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2C356	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2C356	1.00	1.72	12.17	12.17
#FFFFFF	1.72	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)

#D6C04A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DEC95B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3B5AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2c356;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 195, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.3% 0.132 93.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eed48a',
    500: '#e2c356',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2c356;
$custom-light: #eed48a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2c356",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.714,
    "s": 70.707,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82323,
    "c": 0.13193,
    "h": 93.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.55871
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2C356

secondary

#3850A5

accent

#3DD313

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2C356

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

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