#E2C557#E2C557

#E2C557 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.568; OKLCH L 82.7% C 0.133 H 94.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2C557
RGB	rgb(226, 197, 87)
HSL	hsl(47, 71%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(47, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.8%, 61.5%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.06, -2.38, 57.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.06, 57.60, 92.37°)
OKLab	oklab(82.74% -0.0105 0.1321)
OKLCH	oklch(82.74% 0.133 94.5)
XYZ	xyz(53.0529, 56.7920, 17.1825)
Luminance	0.5679 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2C557 #5774E2

analogous

#E28057 #E2C557 #BAE257

triadic

#E2C557 #57E2C5 #C557E2

tetradic

#E2C557 #57E280 #5774E2 #E257BA

square

#E2C557 #57E280 #5774E2 #E257BA

split-complementary

#E2C557 #57BAE2 #8057E2

monochromatic

#A3861C #D7B225 #E2C557 #EBD78B #F4E9BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#E2C557 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.36

#E2C557 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2C557

12.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2C557	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2C557	1.00	1.70	12.36	12.36
#FFFFFF	1.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8C14B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFCA5C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3B7AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2c557;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 197, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.7% 0.133 94.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eed68a',
    500: '#e2c557',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2c557;
$custom-light: #eed68a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2c557",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.482,
    "s": 70.558,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82737,
    "c": 0.13253,
    "h": 94.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.56789
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2C557

secondary

#384FA5

accent

#3BD313

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2C557

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

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