#E2C653#E2C653

#E2C653 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.572; OKLCH L 82.9% C 0.136 H 95.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2C653
RGB	rgb(226, 198, 83)
HSL	hsl(48, 71%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(48, 63%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.4%, 63.3%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.28, -3.15, 59.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.28, 59.63, 93.03°)
OKLab	oklab(82.9% -0.0132 0.1358)
OKLCH	oklch(82.9% 0.136 95.5)
XYZ	xyz(53.1218, 57.1841, 16.4215)
Luminance	0.5718 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2C653 #536FE2

analogous

#E27E53 #E2C653 #B6E253

triadic

#E2C653 #53E2C6 #C653E2

tetradic

#E2C653 #53E27E #536FE2 #E253B6

square

#E2C653 #53E27E #536FE2 #E253B6

split-complementary

#E2C653 #53B6E2 #7E53E2

monochromatic

#A0861B #D4B224 #E2C653 #EBD787 #F4E9BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#E2C653 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.44

#E2C653 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2C653

12.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2C653	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2C653	1.00	1.69	12.44	12.44
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C246

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CB59

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3B8AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2c653;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 198, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.9% 0.136 95.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eed788',
    500: '#e2c653',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2c653;
$custom-light: #eed788;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2c653",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.252,
    "s": 71.144,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.829,
    "c": 0.13645,
    "h": 95.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.57181
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2C653

secondary

#374CA3

accent

#38D312

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2C653

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

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