#E2C855#E2C855

#E2C855 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.581; OKLCH L 83.3% C 0.136 H 96.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2C855
RGB	rgb(226, 200, 85)
HSL	hsl(49, 71%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(49, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.5%, 62.4%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.81, -4.06, 59.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.81, 59.39, 93.92°)
OKLab	oklab(83.33% -0.0155 0.1355)
OKLCH	oklch(83.33% 0.136 96.5)
XYZ	xyz(53.6603, 58.1357, 16.9874)
Luminance	0.5813 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2C855 #556FE2

analogous

#E28155 #E2C855 #B5E255

triadic

#E2C855 #55E2C8 #C855E2

tetradic

#E2C855 #55E281 #556FE2 #E255B5

square

#E2C855 #55E281 #556FE2 #E255B5

split-complementary

#E2C855 #55B5E2 #8155E2

monochromatic

#A1881B #D5B524 #E2C855 #EBD989 #F4EABE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#E2C855 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.63

#E2C855 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2C855

12.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2C855	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2C855	1.00	1.66	12.63	12.63
#FFFFFF	1.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBC448

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CC5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3BAAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2c855;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 200, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.3% 0.136 96.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eed889',
    500: '#e2c855',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2c855;
$custom-light: #eed889;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2c855",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.936,
    "s": 70.854,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83326,
    "c": 0.13636,
    "h": 96.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.58133
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2C855

secondary

#374BA4

accent

#36D313

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2C855

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

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