#E2C853#E2C853

#E2C853 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.581; OKLCH L 83.3% C 0.138 H 96.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2C853
RGB	rgb(226, 200, 83)
HSL	hsl(49, 71%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(49, 63%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.5%, 63.3%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.80, -4.18, 60.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.80, 60.25, 93.98°)
OKLab	oklab(83.31% -0.0161 0.137)
OKLCH	oklch(83.31% 0.138 96.7)
XYZ	xyz(53.5820, 58.1044, 16.5749)
Luminance	0.5810 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2C853 #536DE2

analogous

#E28053 #E2C853 #B4E253

triadic

#E2C853 #53E2C8 #C853E2

tetradic

#E2C853 #53E280 #536DE2 #E253B4

square

#E2C853 #53E280 #536DE2 #E253B4

split-complementary

#E2C853 #53B4E2 #8053E2

monochromatic

#A0881B #D4B424 #E2C853 #EBD987 #F4E9BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#E2C853 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.62

#E2C853 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2C853

12.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2C853	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2C853	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)

#DBC445

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CC59

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3BAAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2c853;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 200, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.3% 0.138 96.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eed888',
    500: '#e2c853',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2c853;
$custom-light: #eed888;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2c853",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.091,
    "s": 71.144,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83307,
    "c": 0.13794,
    "h": 96.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.58102
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2C853

secondary

#374AA3

accent

#35D312

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2C853

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

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