#E2C656#E2C656

#E2C656 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.572; OKLCH L 82.9% C 0.134 H 95.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2C656
RGB	rgb(226, 198, 86)
HSL	hsl(48, 71%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(48, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.4%, 61.9%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.31, -2.96, 58.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.31, 58.34, 92.91°)
OKLab	oklab(82.93% -0.0123 0.1335)
OKLCH	oklch(82.93% 0.134 95.3)
XYZ	xyz(53.2402, 57.2314, 17.0447)
Luminance	0.5723 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2C656 #5672E2

analogous

#E28056 #E2C656 #B8E256

triadic

#E2C656 #56E2C6 #C656E2

tetradic

#E2C656 #56E280 #5672E2 #E256B8

square

#E2C656 #56E280 #5672E2 #E256B8

split-complementary

#E2C656 #56B8E2 #8056E2

monochromatic

#A2871C #D6B325 #E2C656 #EBD88A #F4E9BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#E2C656 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.45

#E2C656 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2C656

12.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2C656	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2C656	1.00	1.69	12.45	12.45
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C24A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CB5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3B8AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2c656;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 198, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.9% 0.134 95.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eed78a',
    500: '#e2c656',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2c656;
$custom-light: #eed78a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2c656",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48,
    "s": 70.707,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8293,
    "c": 0.13406,
    "h": 95.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.57229
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2C656

secondary

#384DA5

accent

#39D313

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2C656

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

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