#E2C75B#E2C75B
#E2C75B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.578; OKLCH L 83.2% C 0.131 H 95.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E2C75B |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(226, 199, 91) |
| HSL | hsl(48, 70%, 62%) |
| HSV | hsv(48, 60%, 89%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 11.9%, 59.7%, 11.4%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(80.61, -3.14, 56.36) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(80.61, 56.45, 93.19°) |
| OKLab | oklab(83.18% -0.0122 0.1301) |
| OKLCH | oklch(83.18% 0.131 95.4) |
| XYZ | xyz(53.6781, 57.7735, 18.2195) |
| Luminance | 0.5777 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Sand (survey)
#E2CA76
ΔE00 3.61
Maize
#F4D054
ΔE00 3.74
Light Mustard
#F7D560
ΔE00 4.08
Sandy
#F1DA7A
ΔE00 4.85
Pale Gold
#FDDE6C
ΔE00 5.60
Light Gold
#FDDC5C
ΔE00 5.67
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E2C75B #5B76E2
analogous
#E2845B #E2C75B #BAE25B
triadic
#E2C75B #5BE2C7 #C75BE2
tetradic
#E2C75B #5BE284 #5B76E2 #E25BBA
square
#E2C75B #5BE284 #5B76E2 #E25BBA
split-complementary
#E2C75B #5BBAE2 #845BE2
monochromatic
#A58A1D #D9B527 #E2C75B #EBD98F #F4EBC3
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.67
#E2C75B on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
12.55
#E2C75B on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E2C75B
12.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E2C75B | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E2C75B | 1.00 | 1.67 | 12.55 | 12.55 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.67 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 12.55 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 12.55 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#D9C350
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#E0CC60
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F3B9AF
Achromatopsia (no color)
#C8C8C8
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e2c75b; /* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 199, 91); /* oklch */ color: oklch(83.2% 0.131 95.4);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#eed78d',
500: '#e2c75b',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e2c75b; $custom-light: #eed78d; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e2c75b",
"rgb": {
"r": 226,
"g": 199,
"b": 91
},
"hsl": {
"h": 48,
"s": 69.948,
"l": 62.157
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.83184,
"c": 0.13067,
"h": 95.4
},
"luminance": 0.57771
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E2C75B
secondary
#3950A8
accent
#3AD214
background
#FFFEFC
surface
#FEFBF4
border
#D6D4CE
text
#17140C
muted
#85837F