#E2C511#E2C511

#E2C511 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.561; OKLCH L 82.3% C 0.168 H 98.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2C511
RGB	rgb(226, 197, 17)
HSL	hsl(52, 86%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(52, 92%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.8%, 92.5%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.70, -5.03, 78.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.70, 79.15, 93.65°)
OKLab	oklab(82.33% -0.0241 0.1661)
OKLCH	oklch(82.33% 0.168 98.3)
XYZ	xyz(51.4344, 56.1446, 8.6580)
Luminance	0.5614 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2C511 #112EE2

analogous

#E25D11 #E2C511 #96E211

triadic

#E2C511 #11E2C5 #C511E2

tetradic

#E2C511 #11E25D #112EE2 #E21196

square

#E2C511 #11E25D #112EE2 #E21196

split-complementary

#E2C511 #1196E2 #5D11E2

monochromatic

#706208 #A9930D #E2C511 #F1D840 #F5E479

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#E2C511 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.23

#E2C511 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2C511

12.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2C511	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2C511	1.00	1.72	12.23	12.23
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAC000

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CA27

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5B5A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2c511;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 197, 17);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.3% 0.168 98.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0d66b',
    500: '#e2c511',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2c511;
$custom-light: #f0d66b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2c511",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 17
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.675,
    "s": 86.008,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8233,
    "c": 0.16788,
    "h": 98.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.56142
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2C511

secondary

#1E2B79

accent

#49FC2C

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF1

border

#D7D4CB

text

#181408

muted

#86837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2C511

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

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