#E2C459#E2C459

#E2C459 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.564; OKLCH L 82.6% C 0.130 H 93.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2C459
RGB	rgb(226, 196, 89)
HSL	hsl(47, 70%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(47, 61%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.3%, 60.6%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.83, -1.73, 56.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.83, 56.41, 91.76°)
OKLab	oklab(82.56% -0.0084 0.1299)
OKLCH	oklch(82.56% 0.13 93.7)
XYZ	xyz(52.9095, 56.3725, 17.5433)
Luminance	0.5637 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2C459 #5977E2

analogous

#E28059 #E2C459 #BCE259

triadic

#E2C459 #59E2C4 #C459E2

tetradic

#E2C459 #59E280 #5977E2 #E259BC

square

#E2C459 #59E280 #5977E2 #E259BC

split-complementary

#E2C459 #59BCE2 #8059E2

monochromatic

#A4861D #D8B126 #E2C459 #EBD78D #F4E9C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#E2C459 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.27

#E2C459 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2C459

12.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2C459	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2C459	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)

#D7C14E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DECA5E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3B6AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2c459;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 196, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.6% 0.130 93.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eed58c',
    500: '#e2c459',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2c459;
$custom-light: #eed58c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2c459",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.861,
    "s": 70.256,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82556,
    "c": 0.13017,
    "h": 93.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.5637
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2C459

secondary

#3951A6

accent

#3DD213

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2C459

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

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