#E2C856#E2C856

#E2C856 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	#E2C856
RGB	rgb(226, 200, 86)
HSL	hsl(49, 71%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(49, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.5%, 61.9%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.82, -3.99, 58.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.82, 58.96, 93.88°)
OKLab	oklab(83.34% -0.0152 0.1347)
OKLCH	oklch(83.34% 0.136 96.5)
XYZ	xyz(53.7003, 58.1517, 17.1981)
Luminance	0.5815 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2C856 #5670E2

analogous

#E28256 #E2C856 #B6E256

triadic

#E2C856 #56E2C8 #C856E2

tetradic

#E2C856 #56E282 #5670E2 #E256B6

square

#E2C856 #56E282 #5670E2 #E256B6

split-complementary

#E2C856 #56B6E2 #8256E2

monochromatic

#A2891C #D6B525 #E2C856 #EBD98A #F4EABE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#E2C856 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.63

#E2C856 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2C856

12.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2C856	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2C856	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)

#DAC449

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CC5C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3BAAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2c856;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 200, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.3% 0.136 96.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eed88a',
    500: '#e2c856',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2c856;
$custom-light: #eed88a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2c856",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.857,
    "s": 70.707,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83336,
    "c": 0.13556,
    "h": 96.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.58149
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2C856

secondary

#384CA5

accent

#36D313

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2C856

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

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