#E2C357#E2C357

#E2C357 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.559; OKLCH L 82.3% C 0.131 H 93.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2C357
RGB	rgb(226, 195, 87)
HSL	hsl(47, 71%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(47, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.7%, 61.5%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.55, -1.35, 56.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.55, 57.00, 91.35°)
OKLab	oklab(82.33% -0.0075 0.1309)
OKLCH	oklch(82.33% 0.131 93.3)
XYZ	xyz(52.6018, 55.8898, 17.0321)
Luminance	0.5589 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2C357 #5776E2

analogous

#E27E57 #E2C357 #BBE257

triadic

#E2C357 #57E2C3 #C357E2

tetradic

#E2C357 #57E27E #5776E2 #E257BB

square

#E2C357 #57E27E #5776E2 #E257BB

split-complementary

#E2C357 #57BBE2 #7E57E2

monochromatic

#A3851C #D7AF25 #E2C357 #EBD68B #F4E8BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#E2C357 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.18

#E2C357 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2C357

12.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2C357	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2C357	1.00	1.72	12.18	12.18
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6C04B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DEC95C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3B5AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2c357;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 195, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.3% 0.131 93.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eed48a',
    500: '#e2c357',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2c357;
$custom-light: #eed48a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2c357",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.619,
    "s": 70.558,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82333,
    "c": 0.13112,
    "h": 93.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.55887
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2C357

secondary

#3850A5

accent

#3ED313

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2C357

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

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