#E2C555#E2C555

#E2C555 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.568; OKLCH L 82.7% C 0.134 H 94.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2C555
RGB	rgb(226, 197, 85)
HSL	hsl(48, 71%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(48, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.8%, 62.4%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.04, -2.51, 58.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.04, 58.47, 92.46°)
OKLab	oklab(82.72% -0.0111 0.1337)
OKLCH	oklch(82.72% 0.134 94.8)
XYZ	xyz(52.9724, 56.7598, 16.7581)
Luminance	0.5676 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2C555 #5572E2

analogous

#E27E55 #E2C555 #B8E255

triadic

#E2C555 #55E2C5 #C555E2

tetradic

#E2C555 #55E27E #5572E2 #E255B8

square

#E2C555 #55E27E #5572E2 #E255B8

split-complementary

#E2C555 #55B8E2 #7E55E2

monochromatic

#A1861B #D5B124 #E2C555 #EBD789 #F4E9BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#E2C555 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.35

#E2C555 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2C555

12.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2C555	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2C555	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)

#D8C149

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFCA5A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3B7AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2c555;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 197, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.7% 0.134 94.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eed689',
    500: '#e2c555',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2c555;
$custom-light: #eed689;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2c555",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.66,
    "s": 70.854,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82717,
    "c": 0.13414,
    "h": 94.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.56757
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2C555

secondary

#374EA4

accent

#3AD313

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2C555

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

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