#E2C753#E2C753
#E2C753 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.576; OKLCH L 83.1% C 0.137 H 96.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E2C753 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(226, 199, 83) |
| HSL | hsl(49, 71%, 61%) |
| HSV | hsv(49, 63%, 89%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 11.9%, 63.3%, 11.4%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(80.54, -3.67, 59.82) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(80.54, 59.94, 93.51°) |
| OKLab | oklab(83.1% -0.0147 0.1364) |
| OKLCH | oklch(83.1% 0.137 96.1) |
| XYZ | xyz(53.3512, 57.6427, 16.4979) |
| Luminance | 0.5764 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Maize
#F4D054
ΔE00 3.48
Light Mustard
#F7D560
ΔE00 4.04
Sand (survey)
#E2CA76
ΔE00 4.56
Sandy
#F1DA7A
ΔE00 5.31
Dull Yellow
#EEDC5B
ΔE00 5.37
Light Gold
#FDDC5C
ΔE00 5.42
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E2C753 #536EE2
analogous
#E27F53 #E2C753 #B6E253
triadic
#E2C753 #53E2C7 #C753E2
tetradic
#E2C753 #53E27F #536EE2 #E253B6
square
#E2C753 #53E27F #536EE2 #E253B6
split-complementary
#E2C753 #53B6E2 #7F53E2
monochromatic
#A0871B #D4B324 #E2C753 #EBD887 #F4E9BC
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.68
#E2C753 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
12.53
#E2C753 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E2C753
12.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E2C753 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E2C753 | 1.00 | 1.68 | 12.53 | 12.53 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.68 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 12.53 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 12.53 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#DAC346
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#E1CC59
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F3B9AE
Achromatopsia (no color)
#C8C8C8
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e2c753; /* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 199, 83); /* oklch */ color: oklch(83.1% 0.137 96.1);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#eed788',
500: '#e2c753',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e2c753; $custom-light: #eed788; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e2c753",
"rgb": {
"r": 226,
"g": 199,
"b": 83
},
"hsl": {
"h": 48.671,
"s": 71.144,
"l": 60.588
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.83103,
"c": 0.13719,
"h": 96.1
},
"luminance": 0.5764
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E2C753
secondary
#374BA3
accent
#37D312
background
#FFFEFC
surface
#FEFBF4
border
#D6D4CE
text
#17140C
muted
#85837F