#E2C956#E2C956

#E2C956 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.586; OKLCH L 83.5% C 0.136 H 97.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2C956
RGB	rgb(226, 201, 86)
HSL	hsl(49, 71%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(49, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.1%, 61.9%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.08, -4.51, 59.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.08, 59.28, 94.36°)
OKLab	oklab(83.54% -0.0167 0.1353)
OKLCH	oklch(83.54% 0.136 97)
XYZ	xyz(53.9327, 58.6164, 17.2756)
Luminance	0.5861 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2C956 #566FE2

analogous

#E28356 #E2C956 #B5E256

triadic

#E2C956 #56E2C9 #C956E2

tetradic

#E2C956 #56E283 #566FE2 #E256B5

square

#E2C956 #56E283 #566FE2 #E256B5

split-complementary

#E2C956 #56B5E2 #8356E2

monochromatic

#A28A1C #D6B625 #E2C956 #EBDA8A #F4EABE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#E2C956 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.72

#E2C956 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2C956

12.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2C956	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2C956	1.00	1.65	12.72	12.72
#FFFFFF	1.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBC549

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CD5C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3BBB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2c956;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 201, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.5% 0.136 97.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eed98a',
    500: '#e2c956',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2c956;
$custom-light: #eed98a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2c956",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.286,
    "s": 70.707,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83539,
    "c": 0.13632,
    "h": 97
  },
  "luminance": 0.58614
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2C956

secondary

#384BA5

accent

#35D313

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2C956

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

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