#E2C558#E2C558

#E2C558 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.568; OKLCH L 82.7% C 0.132 H 94.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2C558
RGB	rgb(226, 197, 88)
HSL	hsl(47, 70%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(47, 61%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.8%, 61.1%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.07, -2.32, 57.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.07, 57.16, 92.32°)
OKLab	oklab(82.75% -0.0102 0.1313)
OKLCH	oklch(82.75% 0.132 94.4)
XYZ	xyz(53.0941, 56.8085, 17.3991)
Luminance	0.5681 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2C558 #5875E2

analogous

#E28058 #E2C558 #BAE258

triadic

#E2C558 #58E2C5 #C558E2

tetradic

#E2C558 #58E280 #5875E2 #E258BA

square

#E2C558 #58E280 #5875E2 #E258BA

split-complementary

#E2C558 #58BAE2 #8058E2

monochromatic

#A3871C #D7B225 #E2C558 #EBD78C #F4E9C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#E2C558 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.36

#E2C558 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2C558

12.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2C558	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2C558	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)

#D8C14C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFCA5D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3B7AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2c558;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 197, 88);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.7% 0.132 94.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eed68b',
    500: '#e2c558',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2c558;
$custom-light: #eed68b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2c558",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 88
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.391,
    "s": 70.408,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82747,
    "c": 0.1317,
    "h": 94.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.56806
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2C558

secondary

#384FA6

accent

#3BD213

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2C558

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

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