#E2C755#E2C755

#E2C755 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.577; OKLCH L 83.1% C 0.136 H 96.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2C755
RGB	rgb(226, 199, 85)
HSL	hsl(49, 71%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(49, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.9%, 62.4%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.56, -3.54, 58.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.56, 59.08, 93.44°)
OKLab	oklab(83.12% -0.0141 0.1349)
OKLCH	oklch(83.12% 0.136 96)
XYZ	xyz(53.4295, 57.6741, 16.9105)
Luminance	0.5767 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2C755 #5570E2

analogous

#E28055 #E2C755 #B6E255

triadic

#E2C755 #55E2C7 #C755E2

tetradic

#E2C755 #55E280 #5570E2 #E255B6

square

#E2C755 #55E280 #5570E2 #E255B6

split-complementary

#E2C755 #55B6E2 #8055E2

monochromatic

#A1881B #D5B424 #E2C755 #EBD889 #F4E9BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#E2C755 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.53

#E2C755 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2C755

12.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2C755	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2C755	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)

#DAC348

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CC5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3B9AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2c755;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 199, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.1% 0.136 96.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eed789',
    500: '#e2c755',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2c755;
$custom-light: #eed789;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2c755",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.511,
    "s": 70.854,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83123,
    "c": 0.1356,
    "h": 96
  },
  "luminance": 0.57671
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2C755

secondary

#374CA4

accent

#37D313

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2C755

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

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