#E2C756#E2C756

#E2C756 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.577; OKLCH L 83.1% C 0.135 H 95.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2C756
RGB	rgb(226, 199, 86)
HSL	hsl(48, 71%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(48, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.9%, 61.9%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.57, -3.48, 58.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.57, 58.65, 93.40°)
OKLab	oklab(83.13% -0.0138 0.1341)
OKLCH	oklch(83.13% 0.135 95.9)
XYZ	xyz(53.4695, 57.6901, 17.1212)
Luminance	0.5769 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2C756 #5671E2

analogous

#E28156 #E2C756 #B7E256

triadic

#E2C756 #56E2C7 #C756E2

tetradic

#E2C756 #56E281 #5671E2 #E256B7

square

#E2C756 #56E281 #5671E2 #E256B7

split-complementary

#E2C756 #56B7E2 #8156E2

monochromatic

#A2881C #D6B425 #E2C756 #EBD88A #F4EABE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#E2C756 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.54

#E2C756 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2C756

12.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2C756	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2C756	1.00	1.67	12.54	12.54
#FFFFFF	1.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAC349

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CC5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3B9AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2c756;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 199, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.1% 0.135 95.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eed78a',
    500: '#e2c756',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2c756;
$custom-light: #eed78a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2c756",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.429,
    "s": 70.707,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83133,
    "c": 0.13481,
    "h": 95.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.57687
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2C756

secondary

#384DA5

accent

#38D313

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2C756

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

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