#E2C358#E2C358
#E2C358 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.559; OKLCH L 82.3% C 0.130 H 93.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E2C358 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(226, 195, 88) |
| HSL | hsl(47, 70%, 62%) |
| HSV | hsv(47, 61%, 89%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 13.7%, 61.1%, 11.4%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(79.56, -1.28, 56.54) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(79.56, 56.56, 91.30°) |
| OKLab | oklab(82.34% -0.0072 0.1301) |
| OKLCH | oklch(82.34% 0.13 93.2) |
| XYZ | xyz(52.6430, 55.9062, 17.2488) |
| Luminance | 0.5590 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Maize
#F4D054
ΔE00 3.93
Sand (survey)
#E2CA76
ΔE00 4.02
Light Mustard
#F7D560
ΔE00 4.55
Mustard
#DBB42C
ΔE00 4.97
Sandy
#F1DA7A
ΔE00 5.85
Dark Yellow
#D5B60A
ΔE00 6.00
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E2C358 #5877E2
analogous
#E27E58 #E2C358 #BCE258
triadic
#E2C358 #58E2C3 #C358E2
tetradic
#E2C358 #58E27E #5877E2 #E258BC
square
#E2C358 #58E27E #5877E2 #E258BC
split-complementary
#E2C358 #58BCE2 #7E58E2
monochromatic
#A3851C #D7AF25 #E2C358 #EBD68C #F4E8C0
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.72
#E2C358 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
12.18
#E2C358 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E2C358
12.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E2C358 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E2C358 | 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)
#D6C04D
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#DEC95D
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F3B5AC
Achromatopsia (no color)
#C5C5C5
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e2c358; /* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 195, 88); /* oklch */ color: oklch(82.3% 0.130 93.2);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#eed48b',
500: '#e2c358',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e2c358; $custom-light: #eed48b; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e2c358",
"rgb": {
"r": 226,
"g": 195,
"b": 88
},
"hsl": {
"h": 46.522,
"s": 70.408,
"l": 61.569
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.82343,
"c": 0.1303,
"h": 93.2
},
"luminance": 0.55904
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E2C358
secondary
#3851A6
accent
#3ED213
background
#FFFEFC
surface
#FEFBF4
border
#D6D4CE
text
#17140C
muted
#85837F