#E2C456#E2C456

#E2C456 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.563; OKLCH L 82.5% C 0.133 H 94.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2C456
RGB	rgb(226, 196, 86)
HSL	hsl(47, 71%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(47, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.3%, 61.9%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.80, -1.93, 57.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.80, 57.73, 91.92°)
OKLab	oklab(82.53% -0.0093 0.1323)
OKLCH	oklch(82.53% 0.133 94)
XYZ	xyz(52.7861, 56.3232, 16.8934)
Luminance	0.5632 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2C456 #5674E2

analogous

#E27E56 #E2C456 #BAE256

triadic

#E2C456 #56E2C4 #C456E2

tetradic

#E2C456 #56E27E #5674E2 #E256BA

square

#E2C456 #56E27E #5674E2 #E256BA

split-complementary

#E2C456 #56BAE2 #7E56E2

monochromatic

#A2851C #D6B025 #E2C456 #EBD68A #F4E8BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#E2C456 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.26

#E2C456 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2C456

12.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2C456	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2C456	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)

#D7C14A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DECA5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3B6AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2c456;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 196, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.5% 0.133 94.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eed58a',
    500: '#e2c456',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2c456;
$custom-light: #eed58a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2c456",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.143,
    "s": 70.707,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82525,
    "c": 0.13263,
    "h": 94
  },
  "luminance": 0.5632
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2C456

secondary

#384FA5

accent

#3CD313

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2C456

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

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