#E2C554#E2C554

#E2C554 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.567; OKLCH L 82.7% C 0.135 H 94.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2C554
RGB	rgb(226, 197, 84)
HSL	hsl(48, 71%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(48, 63%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.8%, 62.8%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.04, -2.58, 58.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.04, 58.90, 92.51°)
OKLab	oklab(82.71% -0.0114 0.1344)
OKLCH	oklch(82.71% 0.135 94.9)
XYZ	xyz(52.9329, 56.7440, 16.5503)
Luminance	0.5674 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2C554 #5471E2

analogous

#E27E54 #E2C554 #B8E254

triadic

#E2C554 #54E2C5 #C554E2

tetradic

#E2C554 #54E27E #5471E2 #E254B8

square

#E2C554 #54E27E #5471E2 #E254B8

split-complementary

#E2C554 #54B8E2 #7E54E2

monochromatic

#A0851B #D5B124 #E2C554 #EBD788 #F4E8BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#E2C554 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.35

#E2C554 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2C554

12.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2C554	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2C554	1.00	1.70	12.35	12.35
#FFFFFF	1.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8C147

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFCA59

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3B7AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2c554;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 197, 84);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.7% 0.135 94.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eed689',
    500: '#e2c554',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2c554;
$custom-light: #eed689;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2c554",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 84
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.746,
    "s": 71,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82707,
    "c": 0.13493,
    "h": 94.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.56741
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2C554

secondary

#374DA3

accent

#3AD312

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2C554

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

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