#E2C455#E2C455

#E2C455 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.563; OKLCH L 82.5% C 0.133 H 94.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2C455
RGB	rgb(226, 196, 85)
HSL	hsl(47, 71%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(47, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.3%, 62.4%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.79, -2.00, 58.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.79, 58.17, 91.97°)
OKLab	oklab(82.52% -0.0096 0.1331)
OKLCH	oklch(82.52% 0.133 94.1)
XYZ	xyz(52.7461, 56.3072, 16.6826)
Luminance	0.5630 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2C455 #5573E2

analogous

#E27D55 #E2C455 #B9E255

triadic

#E2C455 #55E2C4 #C455E2

tetradic

#E2C455 #55E27D #5573E2 #E255B9

square

#E2C455 #55E27D #5573E2 #E255B9

split-complementary

#E2C455 #55B9E2 #7D55E2

monochromatic

#A1851B #D5B024 #E2C455 #EBD689 #F4E8BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#E2C455 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.26

#E2C455 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2C455

12.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2C455	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2C455	1.00	1.71	12.26	12.26
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7C049

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DECA5A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3B6AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2c455;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 196, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.5% 0.133 94.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eed589',
    500: '#e2c455',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2c455;
$custom-light: #eed589;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2c455",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.234,
    "s": 70.854,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82515,
    "c": 0.13343,
    "h": 94.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.56304
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2C455

secondary

#374EA4

accent

#3CD313

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2C455

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

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