#E2C359#E2C359

#E2C359 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.559; OKLCH L 82.4% C 0.129 H 93.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2C359
RGB	rgb(226, 195, 89)
HSL	hsl(46, 70%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(46, 61%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.7%, 60.6%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.57, -1.21, 56.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.57, 56.11, 91.24°)
OKLab	oklab(82.35% -0.0069 0.1293)
OKLCH	oklch(82.35% 0.129 93.1)
XYZ	xyz(52.6847, 55.9229, 17.4684)
Luminance	0.5592 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2C359 #5978E2

analogous

#E27F59 #E2C359 #BDE259

triadic

#E2C359 #59E2C3 #C359E2

tetradic

#E2C359 #59E27F #5978E2 #E259BD

square

#E2C359 #59E27F #5978E2 #E259BD

split-complementary

#E2C359 #59BDE2 #7F59E2

monochromatic

#A4851D #D8B026 #E2C359 #EBD68D #F4E9C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#E2C359 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.18

#E2C359 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2C359

12.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2C359	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2C359	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)

#D6C04E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC95E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3B5AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2c359;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 195, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.4% 0.129 93.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eed48c',
    500: '#e2c359',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2c359;
$custom-light: #eed48c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2c359",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.423,
    "s": 70.256,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82354,
    "c": 0.12947,
    "h": 93.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.5592
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2C359

secondary

#3952A6

accent

#3ED213

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2C359

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

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