#E2C452#E2C452

#E2C452 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.563; OKLCH L 82.5% C 0.136 H 94.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2C452
RGB	rgb(226, 196, 82)
HSL	hsl(48, 71%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(48, 64%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.3%, 63.7%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.76, -2.18, 59.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.76, 59.46, 92.11°)
OKLab	oklab(82.49% -0.0105 0.1354)
OKLCH	oklch(82.49% 0.136 94.4)
XYZ	xyz(52.6294, 56.2605, 16.0682)
Luminance	0.5626 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2C452 #5270E2

analogous

#E27C52 #E2C452 #B8E252

triadic

#E2C452 #52E2C4 #C452E2

tetradic

#E2C452 #52E27C #5270E2 #E252B8

square

#E2C452 #52E27C #5270E2 #E252B8

split-complementary

#E2C452 #52B8E2 #7C52E2

monochromatic

#9F831B #D3AF23 #E2C452 #EBD686 #F4E8BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#E2C452 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.25

#E2C452 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2C452

12.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2C452	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2C452	1.00	1.71	12.25	12.25
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7C045

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFCA58

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3B6AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2c452;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 196, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.5% 0.136 94.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eed587',
    500: '#e2c452',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2c452;
$custom-light: #eed587;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2c452",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.5,
    "s": 71.287,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82485,
    "c": 0.1358,
    "h": 94.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.56258
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2C452

secondary

#364DA2

accent

#3AD312

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF3

border

#D6D4CD

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2C452

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

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