#E2C854#E2C854

#E2C854 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.581; OKLCH L 83.3% C 0.137 H 96.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2C854
RGB	rgb(226, 200, 84)
HSL	hsl(49, 71%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(49, 63%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.5%, 62.8%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.81, -4.12, 59.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.81, 59.82, 93.95°)
OKLab	oklab(83.32% -0.0158 0.1362)
OKLCH	oklch(83.32% 0.137 96.6)
XYZ	xyz(53.6209, 58.1200, 16.7797)
Luminance	0.5812 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2C854 #546EE2

analogous

#E28154 #E2C854 #B5E254

triadic

#E2C854 #54E2C8 #C854E2

tetradic

#E2C854 #54E281 #546EE2 #E254B5

square

#E2C854 #54E281 #546EE2 #E254B5

split-complementary

#E2C854 #54B5E2 #8154E2

monochromatic

#A0881B #D5B424 #E2C854 #EBD988 #F4EABD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#E2C854 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.62

#E2C854 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2C854

12.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2C854	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2C854	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)

#DBC447

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CC5A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3BAAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2c854;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 200, 84);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.3% 0.137 96.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eed889',
    500: '#e2c854',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2c854;
$custom-light: #eed889;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2c854",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 84
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.014,
    "s": 71,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83316,
    "c": 0.13715,
    "h": 96.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.58117
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2C854

secondary

#374BA3

accent

#36D312

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2C854

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

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