#E2C852#E2C852

#E2C852 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.581; OKLCH L 83.3% C 0.139 H 96.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2C852
RGB	rgb(226, 200, 82)
HSL	hsl(49, 71%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(49, 64%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.5%, 63.7%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.79, -4.24, 60.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.79, 60.67, 94.01°)
OKLab	oklab(83.3% -0.0164 0.1377)
OKLCH	oklch(83.3% 0.139 96.8)
XYZ	xyz(53.5437, 58.0891, 16.3730)
Luminance	0.5809 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2C852 #526CE2

analogous

#E28052 #E2C852 #B4E252

triadic

#E2C852 #52E2C8 #C852E2

tetradic

#E2C852 #52E280 #526CE2 #E252B4

square

#E2C852 #52E280 #526CE2 #E252B4

split-complementary

#E2C852 #52B4E2 #8052E2

monochromatic

#9F871B #D3B423 #E2C852 #EBD986 #F4E9BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#E2C852 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.62

#E2C852 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2C852

12.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2C852	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2C852	1.00	1.66	12.62	12.62
#FFFFFF	1.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBC444

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CC58

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3BAAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2c852;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 200, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.3% 0.139 96.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eed888',
    500: '#e2c852',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2c852;
$custom-light: #eed888;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2c852",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.167,
    "s": 71.287,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83297,
    "c": 0.13871,
    "h": 96.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.58087
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2C852

secondary

#364AA2

accent

#35D312

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2C852

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

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