#E2C751#E2C751

#E2C751 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.576; OKLCH L 83.1% C 0.139 H 96.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2C751
RGB	rgb(226, 199, 81)
HSL	hsl(49, 71%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(49, 64%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.9%, 64.2%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.52, -3.79, 60.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.52, 60.78, 93.58°)
OKLab	oklab(83.08% -0.0152 0.1379)
OKLCH	oklch(83.08% 0.139 96.3)
XYZ	xyz(53.2751, 57.6123, 16.0971)
Luminance	0.5761 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2C751 #516CE2

analogous

#E27F51 #E2C751 #B4E251

triadic

#E2C751 #51E2C7 #C751E2

tetradic

#E2C751 #51E27F #516CE2 #E251B4

square

#E2C751 #51E27F #516CE2 #E251B4

split-complementary

#E2C751 #51B4E2 #7F51E2

monochromatic

#9E861A #D3B223 #E2C751 #EBD885 #F3E9BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#E2C751 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.52

#E2C751 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2C751

12.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2C751	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2C751	1.00	1.68	12.52	12.52
#FFFFFF	1.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAC343

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CC57

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3B9AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2c751;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 199, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.1% 0.139 96.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eed787',
    500: '#e2c751',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2c751;
$custom-light: #eed787;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2c751",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.828,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83084,
    "c": 0.13873,
    "h": 96.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.5761
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2C751

secondary

#364AA1

accent

#36D312

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF3

border

#D6D4CD

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2C751

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

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