#E2C651#E2C651

#E2C651 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.572; OKLCH L 82.9% C 0.138 H 95.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2C651
RGB	rgb(226, 198, 81)
HSL	hsl(48, 71%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(48, 64%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.4%, 64.2%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.27, -3.28, 60.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.27, 60.48, 93.11°)
OKLab	oklab(82.88% -0.0138 0.1373)
OKLCH	oklch(82.88% 0.138 95.7)
XYZ	xyz(53.0457, 57.1536, 16.0207)
Luminance	0.5715 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2C651 #516DE2

analogous

#E27E51 #E2C651 #B5E251

triadic

#E2C651 #51E2C6 #C651E2

tetradic

#E2C651 #51E27E #516DE2 #E251B5

square

#E2C651 #51E27E #516DE2 #E251B5

split-complementary

#E2C651 #51B5E2 #7E51E2

monochromatic

#9E851A #D3B123 #E2C651 #EBD785 #F3E8BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#E2C651 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.43

#E2C651 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2C651

12.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2C651	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2C651	1.00	1.69	12.43	12.43
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C243

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CB57

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3B8AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2c651;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 198, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.9% 0.138 95.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eed787',
    500: '#e2c651',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2c651;
$custom-light: #eed787;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2c651",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.414,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82881,
    "c": 0.13799,
    "h": 95.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.57151
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2C651

secondary

#364BA1

accent

#37D312

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF3

border

#D6D4CD

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2C651

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

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