#E2C453#E2C453

#E2C453 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.563; OKLCH L 82.5% C 0.135 H 94.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2C453
RGB	rgb(226, 196, 83)
HSL	hsl(47, 71%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(47, 63%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.3%, 63.3%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.77, -2.12, 58.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.77, 59.03, 92.06°)
OKLab	oklab(82.49% -0.0102 0.1346)
OKLCH	oklch(82.49% 0.135 94.3)
XYZ	xyz(52.6677, 56.2758, 16.2701)
Luminance	0.5627 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2C453 #5371E2

analogous

#E27D53 #E2C453 #B8E253

triadic

#E2C453 #53E2C4 #C453E2

tetradic

#E2C453 #53E27D #5371E2 #E253B8

square

#E2C453 #53E27D #5371E2 #E253B8

split-complementary

#E2C453 #53B8E2 #7D53E2

monochromatic

#A0841B #D4AF24 #E2C453 #EBD687 #F4E8BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#E2C453 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.25

#E2C453 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2C453

12.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2C453	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2C453	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)

#D7C046

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFCA58

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3B6AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2c453;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 196, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.5% 0.135 94.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eed588',
    500: '#e2c453',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2c453;
$custom-light: #eed588;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2c453",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.413,
    "s": 71.144,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82495,
    "c": 0.13502,
    "h": 94.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.56273
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2C453

secondary

#374DA3

accent

#3BD312

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2C453

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

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