#E2C859#E2C859

#E2C859 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.582; OKLCH L 83.4% C 0.133 H 96.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2C859
RGB	rgb(226, 200, 89)
HSL	hsl(49, 70%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(49, 61%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.5%, 60.6%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.85, -3.79, 57.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.85, 57.65, 93.77°)
OKLab	oklab(83.37% -0.0143 0.1323)
OKLCH	oklch(83.37% 0.133 96.2)
XYZ	xyz(53.8238, 58.2011, 17.8481)
Luminance	0.5820 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2C859 #5973E2

analogous

#E28459 #E2C859 #B8E259

triadic

#E2C859 #59E2C8 #C859E2

tetradic

#E2C859 #59E284 #5973E2 #E259B8

square

#E2C859 #59E284 #5973E2 #E259B8

split-complementary

#E2C859 #59B8E2 #8459E2

monochromatic

#A48A1D #D8B626 #E2C859 #EBD98D #F4EBC1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#E2C859 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.64

#E2C859 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2C859

12.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2C859	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2C859	1.00	1.66	12.64	12.64
#FFFFFF	1.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAC44D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CC5E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3BAB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2c859;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 200, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.4% 0.133 96.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eed88c',
    500: '#e2c859',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2c859;
$custom-light: #eed88c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2c859",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.613,
    "s": 70.256,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83366,
    "c": 0.1331,
    "h": 96.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.58199
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2C859

secondary

#394EA6

accent

#37D213

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2C859

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

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