#E2C654#E2C654
#E2C654 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 | #E2C654 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(226, 198, 84) |
| HSL | hsl(48, 71%, 61%) |
| HSV | hsv(48, 63%, 89%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 12.4%, 62.8%, 11.4%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(80.29, -3.09, 59.12) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(80.29, 59.20, 92.99°) |
| OKLab | oklab(82.91% -0.0129 0.135) |
| OKLCH | oklch(82.91% 0.136 95.5) |
| XYZ | xyz(53.1607, 57.1996, 16.6263) |
| Luminance | 0.5720 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Maize
#F4D054
ΔE00 3.50
Light Mustard
#F7D560
ΔE00 4.10
Sand (survey)
#E2CA76
ΔE00 4.40
Sandy
#F1DA7A
ΔE00 5.41
Mustard
#DBB42C
ΔE00 5.46
Light Gold
#FDDC5C
ΔE00 5.60
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E2C654 #5470E2
analogous
#E27F54 #E2C654 #B7E254
triadic
#E2C654 #54E2C6 #C654E2
tetradic
#E2C654 #54E27F #5470E2 #E254B7
square
#E2C654 #54E27F #5470E2 #E254B7
split-complementary
#E2C654 #54B7E2 #7F54E2
monochromatic
#A0861B #D5B224 #E2C654 #EBD788 #F4E9BD
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.69
#E2C654 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
12.44
#E2C654 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E2C654
12.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E2C654 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E2C654 | 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)
#D9C247
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#E0CB5A
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F3B8AE
Achromatopsia (no color)
#C7C7C7
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e2c654; /* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 198, 84); /* oklch */ color: oklch(82.9% 0.136 95.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#eed789',
500: '#e2c654',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e2c654; $custom-light: #eed789; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e2c654",
"rgb": {
"r": 226,
"g": 198,
"b": 84
},
"hsl": {
"h": 48.169,
"s": 71,
"l": 60.784
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.8291,
"c": 0.13565,
"h": 95.5
},
"luminance": 0.57197
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E2C654
secondary
#374CA3
accent
#38D312
background
#FFFEFC
surface
#FEFBF4
border
#D6D4CE
text
#17140C
muted
#85837F