#E2C953#E2C953

#E2C953 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.586; OKLCH L 83.5% C 0.139 H 97.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2C953
RGB	rgb(226, 201, 83)
HSL	hsl(50, 71%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(50, 63%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.1%, 63.3%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.05, -4.70, 60.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.05, 60.56, 94.45°)
OKLab	oklab(83.51% -0.0176 0.1376)
OKLCH	oklch(83.51% 0.139 97.3)
XYZ	xyz(53.8144, 58.5691, 16.6523)
Luminance	0.5857 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2C953 #536CE2

analogous

#E28153 #E2C953 #B4E253

triadic

#E2C953 #53E2C9 #C953E2

tetradic

#E2C953 #53E281 #536CE2 #E253B4

square

#E2C953 #53E281 #536CE2 #E253B4

split-complementary

#E2C953 #53B4E2 #8153E2

monochromatic

#A0881B #D4B524 #E2C953 #EBD987 #F4EABC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#E2C953 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.71

#E2C953 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2C953

12.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2C953	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2C953	1.00	1.65	12.71	12.71
#FFFFFF	1.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCC445

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CD59

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3BBB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2c953;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 201, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.5% 0.139 97.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eed988',
    500: '#e2c953',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2c953;
$custom-light: #eed988;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2c953",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.51,
    "s": 71.144,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8351,
    "c": 0.1387,
    "h": 97.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.58567
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2C953

secondary

#3749A3

accent

#34D312

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2C953

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

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