#E2C655#E2C655

#E2C655 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.572; OKLCH L 82.9% C 0.135 H 95.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2C655
RGB	rgb(226, 198, 85)
HSL	hsl(48, 71%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(48, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.4%, 62.4%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.30, -3.03, 58.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.30, 58.77, 92.95°)
OKLab	oklab(82.92% -0.0126 0.1343)
OKLCH	oklch(82.92% 0.135 95.4)
XYZ	xyz(53.2002, 57.2154, 16.8340)
Luminance	0.5721 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2C655 #5571E2

analogous

#E27F55 #E2C655 #B7E255

triadic

#E2C655 #55E2C6 #C655E2

tetradic

#E2C655 #55E27F #5571E2 #E255B7

square

#E2C655 #55E27F #5571E2 #E255B7

split-complementary

#E2C655 #55B7E2 #7F55E2

monochromatic

#A1871B #D5B224 #E2C655 #EBD889 #F4E9BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#E2C655 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.44

#E2C655 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2C655

12.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2C655	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2C655	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)

#D9C248

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CB5A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3B8AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2c655;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 198, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.9% 0.135 95.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eed789',
    500: '#e2c655',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2c655;
$custom-light: #eed789;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2c655",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.085,
    "s": 70.854,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8292,
    "c": 0.13487,
    "h": 95.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.57213
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2C655

secondary

#374DA4

accent

#39D313

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2C655

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

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