#E2C552#E2C552

#E2C552 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.567; OKLCH L 82.7% C 0.137 H 95.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2C552
RGB	rgb(226, 197, 82)
HSL	hsl(48, 71%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(48, 64%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.8%, 63.7%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.02, -2.70, 59.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.02, 59.75, 92.59°)
OKLab	oklab(82.69% -0.012 0.136)
OKLCH	oklch(82.69% 0.137 95)
XYZ	xyz(52.8557, 56.7131, 16.1437)
Luminance	0.5671 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2C552 #526FE2

analogous

#E27D52 #E2C552 #B7E252

triadic

#E2C552 #52E2C5 #C552E2

tetradic

#E2C552 #52E27D #526FE2 #E252B7

square

#E2C552 #52E27D #526FE2 #E252B7

split-complementary

#E2C552 #52B7E2 #7D52E2

monochromatic

#9F841B #D3B023 #E2C552 #EBD786 #F4E8BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#E2C552 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.34

#E2C552 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2C552

12.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2C552	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2C552	1.00	1.70	12.34	12.34
#FFFFFF	1.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8C145

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFCA58

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3B7AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2c552;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 197, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.7% 0.137 95.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eed687',
    500: '#e2c552',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2c552;
$custom-light: #eed687;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2c552",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.917,
    "s": 71.287,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82688,
    "c": 0.1365,
    "h": 95
  },
  "luminance": 0.5671
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2C552

secondary

#364CA2

accent

#39D312

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF3

border

#D6D4CD

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2C552

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

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