#E2C457#E2C457

#E2C457 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.563; OKLCH L 82.5% C 0.132 H 93.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2C457
RGB	rgb(226, 196, 87)
HSL	hsl(47, 71%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(47, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.3%, 61.5%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.81, -1.87, 57.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.81, 57.29, 91.87°)
OKLab	oklab(82.54% -0.009 0.1315)
OKLCH	oklch(82.54% 0.132 93.9)
XYZ	xyz(52.8266, 56.3394, 17.1070)
Luminance	0.5634 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2C457 #5775E2

analogous

#E27F57 #E2C457 #BBE257

triadic

#E2C457 #57E2C4 #C457E2

tetradic

#E2C457 #57E27F #5775E2 #E257BB

square

#E2C457 #57E27F #5775E2 #E257BB

split-complementary

#E2C457 #57BBE2 #7F57E2

monochromatic

#A3861C #D7B025 #E2C457 #EBD68B #F4E9BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#E2C457 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.27

#E2C457 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2C457

12.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2C457	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2C457	1.00	1.71	12.27	12.27
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7C14B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DECA5C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3B6AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2c457;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 196, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.5% 0.132 93.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eed58a',
    500: '#e2c457',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2c457;
$custom-light: #eed58a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2c457",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.05,
    "s": 70.558,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82535,
    "c": 0.13182,
    "h": 93.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.56337
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2C457

secondary

#3850A5

accent

#3CD313

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2C457

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

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