#E2C556#E2C556

#E2C556 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.568; OKLCH L 82.7% C 0.133 H 94.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2C556
RGB	rgb(226, 197, 86)
HSL	hsl(48, 71%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(48, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.8%, 61.9%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.05, -2.45, 57.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.05, 58.03, 92.42°)
OKLab	oklab(82.73% -0.0108 0.1329)
OKLCH	oklch(82.73% 0.133 94.6)
XYZ	xyz(53.0124, 56.7758, 16.9688)
Luminance	0.5677 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2C556 #5673E2

analogous

#E27F56 #E2C556 #B9E256

triadic

#E2C556 #56E2C5 #C556E2

tetradic

#E2C556 #56E27F #5673E2 #E256B9

square

#E2C556 #56E27F #5673E2 #E256B9

split-complementary

#E2C556 #56B9E2 #7F56E2

monochromatic

#A2861C #D6B125 #E2C556 #EBD78A #F4E9BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#E2C556 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.35

#E2C556 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2C556

12.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2C556	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2C556	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)

#D8C14A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFCA5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3B7AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2c556;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 197, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.7% 0.133 94.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eed68a',
    500: '#e2c556',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2c556;
$custom-light: #eed68a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2c556",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.571,
    "s": 70.707,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82727,
    "c": 0.13334,
    "h": 94.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.56773
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2C556

secondary

#384EA5

accent

#3BD313

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2C556

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

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